NIGEL Farage has said he will deport migrant women who illegally enter the UK if he’s elected prime minister.
The Reform UK leader had not been clear on his decision previously, having initially said women would be deported before then saying that they would not be.
AFPNigel Farage has said Reform would deport illegal migrant women after previously being unclear on their status[/caption]
AFPHe confirmed women and men would be detained and deported on arrival in the UK, if they came illegally[/caption]
EPAMr Farage had previously said women with children would not be deported under his plans[/caption]
Now, however, Mr Farage has rolled back on his statements and made it clear that detained women, who arrive in the UK illegally, would be sent back.
Speaking to Sky News at the Reform party conference in Birmingham, he confirmed he would “detain” women and “send them back”.
However, he stopped short of confirming if illegal child migrants would be deported, saying the UK would have a “duty of care” if a young child arrives in a dinghy.
Mr Farage said: “For clarity, those that cross the English Channel will be detained and deported, men and women.
“Children, we’ll have to think about.”
Farage had said previously that under his mass deportation plan, 600,000 illegal migrants, including females of all ages, would have no right to stay in Britain.
The Reform leader was also pressed today about whether his plans would include deportations to Afghanistan, where women’s rights have been significantly curbed by the Taliban.
He, however, confirmed that this would be the case “if necessary”.
The Taliban confirmed last week it was “ready and willing” to strike an illegal migrant returns deal with Mr Farage.
Since the hardline Islamist militants seized back control of Afghanistan in 2021, after two decades of war, they have enforced a brutal crackdown on women’s rights, curbed media freedom, and ruled with violence and fear.
Branded terrorists by the West, they’re accused of harbouring extremists and crushing human rights while clinging to power.
Mr Farage said today that his priority for deportations would be men.
He said: “I’ve made it very very clear that our first priority, with those that are living in Britain illegally, is to deport men.
“It is men that are clearly the more perceived danger.”
Mr Farage has also rolled back on his pledge, made just yesterday, that he would stop all illegal boat crossings within two weeks of becoming PM.
Speaking to the party conference yesterday, he said: “You cannot come here illegally and stay – we will stop the boats within two weeks of winning government.”
However, today he said that “the passing of legislation” would be required, and that boats would then be stopped within two weeks of law changes passing.
He confirmed his agenda includes leaving the European Convention on Human Rights, shutting down asylum hotels and housing people at RAF bases instead, as well as deporting Channel migrants.
APFarage has yet to confirm if illegal child migrants would be deported under his plans[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
