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Farage Challenges Starmer to Ditch Support for Foreign Courts and Implement Mass Deportation Plan

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Nigel Farage will today challenge Keir Starmer to ditch his support for foreign courts as he sets out plans for the mass deportation of illegal migrants. The Reform UK leader will ask the Prime Minister if he wants to protect Britain's borders and citizens or remain wedded to 'outdated' international treaties and judges' rulings. Farage's plan involves arresting, detaining, and deporting those arriving in dinghies, with the aim of removing hundreds of thousands of people from the UK. He will also introduce emergency legislation known as the Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill to bar those arriving by small boat from claiming asylum and take Britain out of international agreements including the European Convention on Human Rights.

Key Takeaways:

  • Farage's Reform UK plans to introduce emergency legislation to bar those arriving by small boat from claiming asylum and take Britain out of international agreements including the European Convention on Human Rights.
  • The plan involves arresting, detaining, and deporting those arriving in dinghies, with the aim of removing hundreds of thousands of people from the UK.
  • Farage will pledge to sign returns deals with countries including Afghanistan and Eritrea, and house migrants in 'third countries' such as Rwanda and Albania.
  • He will also introduce a 'deportation app' for migrants who wish to leave voluntarily, and provide them with £2,500 and a free flight home.
  • Farage's government would aim to build migrant detention centres on military sites within 18 months, with the capacity to house 24,000 people.
  • Detainees would not be allowed to leave or claim bail, and would be subject to the new British Bill of Rights, which would replace the Human Rights Act.
  • The British Bill of Rights would apply only to British citizens and those with a legal right to live here, and would focus on protection of free speech and liberty rather than human rights.

Statistics:

  • Farage's plan aims to remove hundreds of thousands of people from the UK.
  • The new migrant detention centres would have the capacity to house 24,000 people.
  • The government would spend an estimated £10 billion to implement the plan.
  • The 'deportation app' would provide migrants with £2,500 and a free flight home.
  • The plan would involve five charter flights per day, carrying out deportations on a massive scale.

Sources:

  • Uncredited source: "Nigel Farage will make his keynote speech in Oxfordshire this morning, in which he will set out details of his plans to tackle the crisis of illegal migration."

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