KEMI BADENOCH UNVEILS RADICAL BORDER PLAN TO DEPORT 150,000 ILLEGAL MIGRANTS ANNUALLY
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Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has announced what she described as the “toughest reforms Britain has ever seen” in immigration policy, unveiling a sweeping border strategy aimed at detaining and deporting up to 150,000 illegal migrants every year.
In a video message posted on her official X account on Sunday, Badenoch said the initiative, dubbed the Radical Borders Plan, would introduce a new Removals Force modelled after the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to overhaul the United Kingdom’s border enforcement system.
“My message is clear: if you’re here illegally, you will be detained and deported,” she declared in the caption accompanying the video.
Badenoch, who has increasingly adopted a hardline stance on immigration, criticised both Labour and previous Conservative governments for what she described as repeated failures to tackle the migration crisis.
“Today, I’m launching our Radical Borders Plan — the toughest reforms Britain has ever seen to border laws and operations. Successive governments have failed on immigration. Labour promised to smash the gangs,” she said.
“Instead, in just a year, they delivered record small boat crossings over 50,000 illegal arrivals, 32,000 people in asylum hotels, billions wasted. It’s pure weakness. Britain needs a serious, credible plan and the backbone to deliver it,” she added.
Under the proposed plan, asylum claims from illegal entrants would be banned, the Human Rights Act repealed, and the UK would withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Badenoch also said all illegal arrivals would be deported within one week, with legal barriers to mass deportations removed and visa sanctions imposed on countries refusing to repatriate their citizens.
She further pledged that the new enforcement agency would “shut down the asylum hotel racket,” save taxpayers billions of pounds, and restore public trust in Britain’s border system.
“Only the Conservatives have a serious, credible plan to deliver stronger borders,” Badenoch said. “If you come here illegally, you will be deported.”
However, during an appearance on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Badenoch faced criticism for refusing to clarify where deported migrants would be sent.
“I’m tired of all of these irrelevant questions about where they should go. They will go back to where they should be or another country, but they should not be here,” she said. When pressed further, she added: “They will go back to where they came from.”
According to Sky News, the proposed Removals Force would replace the existing Home Office Immigration Enforcement Unit and be granted sweeping powers including the use of facial recognition technology without prior warning to identify and remove undocumented migrants.
If implemented, Badenoch’s Radical Borders Plan would mark one of the most extensive overhauls of UK immigration policy in decades, intensifying national debate over border control, human rights, and Britain’s international obligations.
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