U.K.'s hard-right Reform party says it will mass-deport migrants if it wins power

U.K.’s hard-right Reform party says it will mass-deport migrants if it wins power

LONDON — Nigel Farage, the leader of Britain’s hard-right Reform UK party, said Tuesday that if he wins the next election he will leave the European Convention on Human Rights and immediately detain and deport anyone who arrives in the country illegally, including children. Farage laid out his plans following a significant rise in migrants who arrive…

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migrant hotel demonstrations across UK

migrant hotel demonstrations across UK

Nigel Farage has vowed to remove hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers as part of a five-year “mass deportation” plan for Britain under a Reform UK government. Farage, the Reform UK leader, said the £10 billion policy would lead to five charter flights leaving the country every day under emergency legislation known as the Illegal…

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Officials win court case to remove asylum-seekers from a U.K. hotel that's been the focus of protests

Officials win court case to remove asylum-seekers from a U.K. hotel that’s been the focus of protests

LONDON — A hotel near London that has become the focus of heated anti-migrant protests in recent weeks will have to remove asylum-seekers who are staying there after authorities won a legal bid Tuesday to oust the migrants. Officials from the Epping Forest District Council asked a judge to issue an order to temporarily block migrants from…

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Rwanda agrees to take deportees from the U.S. after a previous migrant deal with the U.K. collapsed

Rwanda agrees to take deportees from the U.S. after a previous migrant deal with the U.K. collapsed

KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda on Tuesday became the third African nation to agree to accept deportees from the United States under the Trump administration’s plans to send migrants to countries they have no ties with to get them off American soil. Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo told the Associated Press in a statement that the East African…

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