Reform UK pledges to suspend asylum system and deport claimants
Key Takeaways
- Reform UK plans to suspend the asylum system for up to five years.
- All new and existing asylum claims would be voided with claimants marked for deportation.
- The party proposes withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights.
- Critics have dismissed the sweeping proposals as unworkable.
Reform UK has unveiled plans to effectively close down the UK's asylum system for a full parliamentary term. Under the proposals, all new applications would be rejected, existing ones voided, and claimants marked for deportation while ending resettlement schemes.
To bypass legal challenges, the party intends to pull the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights, repeal the Human Rights Act 1998, and disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention. Critics, including the Labour Party and the Refugee Council, have condemned the plans as unworkable and a sign of desperation.
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