Reform UK's Bold Immigration Crackdown

0:00European news, powered by AI. This is Europe News today. I'm Corey with the story. Reform UK, with Nigel Farage at the helm, plans to review every successful asylum claim from the past five years and deport folks who entered the country illegally or overstayed visas. They figure about 400,000 people fit that bill and most would get sent back. Earlier this week at a press conference, the party laid out the math. This move could save taxpayers 14,300,300,000 pounds. Over the next parliament from 2029 to 34, plus a whopping 137 billion in lifetime costs. Refugee groups are pushing back hard, saying the review would flood an already jammed system, claw courts for years, and rack up massive bills, tens of. Billions they claim. They argue it's unfair to punish people when safe legal routes to claim asylum just don't exist for most. Reform isn't stopping there. They want to boot all illegal migrants, ditch the European Convention on Human Rights,

1:03and run five deportation flights. Daily, to hit 188,000 removals a year. Meanwhile, their deputy leader Richard Tyson faces heat over unpaid taxes, with Farage defending him as labor calls it a scandal. This bold immigration crackdown highlights reforms aggressive stance, setting up a fierce debate as the political landscape shifts.