9 h. ago Judge blasts Trump team’s ‘startling’ attempt to rapidly deport immigrants: ‘Violates due process’

Fast-tracked removal process central to the president’s mass deportation agenda risks illegal deportations, judge says

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9 h. ago UK to suspend family reunion applications from asylum seekers

Home secretary responds to intense pressure on immigration as Reform vows mass deportations

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57 h. ago Church of England's most senior bishop attacks Nigel Farage again over small boats crisis as he blasts Reform leader's 'isolationist, short

Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, branded the Reform UK leader's proposals for mass deportations as being 'isolationist, short-term' and 'kneejerk'.

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57 h. ago Nigel Farage criticised by senior Church of England bishop after chaotic Scotland visit

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell said the Reform UK leader, who has promised mass deportations, was not offering a solution to the “big issues” driving people to risk the English Channel crossing.

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63 h. ago STEVE WRIGHT: 'Farage has made it plain just how woefully unfit his party is for power'

Farage has made it plain just how unfit his party is for power with his mass deportation policy announcement, the Fire Brigades Union general secretary Steve Wright writes

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63 h. ago Coventry council to use Palantir AI in social work, Send and children’s services

Exclusive: Workers say £500k contract with US tech firm which supplies Israeli forces raises ‘serious ethical questions’Public sector workers have voiced “deep concern” after Coventry city council signed a £500,000-a-year artificial intelligence contract with the US data technology company Palantir.The deal is the first of its kind between a UK local authority and the Denver-based company, which supplies technology to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and to help Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago By the numbers: the latest Ice and CBP data on arrests, detentions and deportations in the US

The Guardian US reviewed figures from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection since Trump’s inaugurationDonald Trump campaigned on a platform of mass deportation. Since he took office, his administration has reshaped immigration enforcement across the country. The Guardian US, using data published every two weeks by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), is tracking the number of people the administration has arrested, detained and deported. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago UK's top bishop claims Nigel Farage's 'mass deportation' plan is 'not the Christian way' as he calls for Brits to show 'compassion and understanding' to illegal migrants

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell (pictured) blasted the Reform UK leader's proposals to 'send them back' as 'not a sensible and compassionate response'.

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4 d. ago Nigel Farage’s mass deportation plans are ‘beneath us as a nation’, UK’s top bishop says

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell argues Reform UK leader’s radical proposals to ‘send them all back’ go against the British way

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4 d. ago PETER HITCHENS: Farage's mass deportation plans are not extreme

On Tuesday, the Reform UK leader announced 'Operation Restoring Justice' - his party's plan to deport all illegal immigrants and leave the ECHR.

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5 d. ago Farage producing policies on the back of a fag packet, says Home Office minister

Nigel Farage is producing policies on the “back of a fag packet”, a Home Office minister has claimed.

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5 d. ago Are you shocked by Farage's mass deportation plans? Take our poll and have your say

Nigel Farage’s vow to deport 600,000 asylum seekers, expand detention centres and plans to lock-up women and children have sparked much outrage and disbelief

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5 d. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Nigel Farage is in tune with Middle Britain

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's mass deportations plan is bold, ambitious and indicates he has the political will to stop this 'invasion' in its tracks.

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5 d. ago There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr

Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truthSo begins another chapter in the liberation struggle. Released from bondage to the EU, Britain finds itself subjugated to a more insidious foe. The border that should have been sealed is wide open. The foreign hordes are still coming, but their passage is no longer directed by bureaucrats from Brussels. This time, national emancipation depends on breaking the tyranny of human rights lawyers.That is the plot to Nigel Farage’s Brexit sequel, previewed on Tuesday in an airport hangar in Oxfordshire. The Reform UK leader laid out plans for “mass deportation” of migrants – all who arrive without permission, plus those who are here already and came by illicit channels.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ANALYSIS: From asylum bans to five flights a day for mass deportations... how Farage's plans stack up

Nigel Farage has unveiled his flagship plan for mass deportations if he becomes prime minister.

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6 d. ago Farage attacked for ‘ugly’ rhetoric of plan for mass deportation of asylum seekers

Reform UK leader says he will rip up UK’s human rights commitments and pay despotic regimes to take people backNigel Farage has been accused of “ugly” and “destructive” rhetoric after announcing plans to deport hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers, and pledging to pay despotic regimes such as the Taliban to take them back.Unveiling Reform UK’s “Operation Restoring Justice” at a combative press conference in Oxford, Farage said he would rip up the UK’s postwar human rights commitments, contained in a range of international conventions, to deport “absolutely anyone” – including women and children – arriving by small boat. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago The Guardian view on Nigel Farage’s mass deportation plan: Trumpism in a union jack | Editorial

Reform UK’s leader isn’t offering border control. He’s dismantling democratic constraints and replacing them with fear and authoritarian fictionNigel Farage wants you to believe Britain could deport 288,000 people annually. That’s nearly 800 a day – 30 times the current rate of asylum-related returns. This is a fantasy concealing his real aim: to destroy public trust in democratic institutions, crush legal constraints and turn fear into power. Mr Farage isn’t trying to fix the asylum system. In fact, he wants to dismantle the political framework necessary to achieve that goal: the treaties, parliamentary conventions and centuries of legal protections. In their place, a Reform government would operate by executive fiat cloaked in nationalist rhetoric.“Operation Restoring Justice” is a louder, more extreme version of Rishi Sunak’s failed 2023 strategy to detain everyone, deport everyone and process no one. This led to a backlog of unheard asylum claims, spiralling hotel costs and publ...

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6 d. ago Just like Brexit, Farage is simply telling voters what they want to hear on migration

Nigel Farage laid out details of his plans for mass deportation of migrants as the small boats crisis continues to grow, but The Independent’s political editor David Maddox has heard all the same rhetoric before

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6 d. ago Nigel Farage vows to deport 600,000 asylum seekers if Reform UK wins power as he warns Channel migrant 'invasion' is a 'threat to public order'

In a speech in Oxfordshire this morning, Mr Farage unveiled his party's 'Operation Restoring Justice' proposals to tackle the Channel migrant crisis.

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6 d. ago Keir Starmer hits back against Nigel Farage and says illegal migrants face deportation

Keir Starmer has hit back at Nigel Farage after the Reform UK leader launched major plans for mass deportations of migrants. We'll bring you updates on this Breaking News story

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