14 h. ago Paying Taliban to take migrants ‘might be sensible transaction’, says Tice

Reform UK said it would set aside £2 billion to secure returns agreements with foreign governments.

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5 d. ago Rwanda could revive migrant deal if Nigel Farage is PM (and UK pays up £50m)

As part of Reform's plans to tackle the small boats crisis, Nigel Farage has said he will negotiate deals with third countries - such as Rwanda - to send migrants abroad.

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5 d. ago Tory chair says party would consider deal with Taliban to return Afghan migrants – UK politics live

Kevin Hollinrake says party would ‘potentially’ set up returns agreement with country as he says deportation plan is ‘far more comprehensive’ than Reform’sNigel 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.We really are through the looking-glass now. Nigel Farage pretending to be patriotic while pledging to rip up Britain’s proud record of leading the world on human rights.As we’ve seen across history, his populist playbook is ugly, powerful and incredibly destructive. We know where it will lead if we don’t stop it.If today ...

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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 Voices: Finally! Nigel Farage concedes that there’s no easy solution to the migrant question

According to its thin and unconvincing immigration plan, Reform UK expects the British government to pay the Taliban and the Iranian regime to take back its asylum seekers – and yet the party still has no answers for many crucial questions, says John Rentoul

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6 d. ago Reform would pay the Taliban to take back migrants, Zia Yusuf admits

The former party chairman said he thinks it is ‘quite reasonable’ to hand money to the regime in order to agree a returns agreement

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2 w. ago Afghan women feel forgotten by world after four years of ‘war’ waged by Taliban on their rights

While the rest of the world pays little attention, the Taliban’s edicts eroding women’s basic rights have only grown in number. Former female inmates of the group’s prisons tell Arpan Rai they are being brutally enforced

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