DARK SECRETS: 6 - The Real Truth

Treaties like the ECHR protect everyone in the UK, not just migrants

Reform UK has laid out plans for an “emergency programme” to address illegal immigration. The party argues its plans, which include expanding immigration detention capacity from the current roughly 2,200 places to 24,000, would enable the deportation of up to 600,000 people over a parliamentary term.

The Conversation · Aug 29, 2025

Why are there growing calls for Britain to quit the ECHR – and would it make a difference?

Here, The Independent takes a look at what the ECHR is, why some people think we should quit and why others say leaving may bring more problems than it solves

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2025

Starmer could end asylum hotel use in six months with this one move, charity claims

The prime minister is under pressure to close asylum hotels after a series of violent protests

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

Farage ‘hasn’t got the faintest idea’ of consequences of leaving ECHR, says Benn

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said jeopardising the Good Friday Agreement would be ‘dangerously irresponsible’.

Evening Standard · Aug 26, 2025

Nigel Farage’s ‘fag packet’ asylum plans are a golden opportunity for Labour

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Reform UK’s plan to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK without permission will be popular, but it is unworkable. It will also give the prime minister a winning idea – about how he should now assume a pivotal role in updating international…

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025

The moral and economic costs of Farage’s plan to deport up to 600,000 asylum seekers

Key planks of policy include Human Rights Act repeal and potential payments to countries such as Iran and Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2025

Nigel Farage's deportation plans aren't just cruel – they would be a disaster

AT an airport in Oxfordshire, Nigel Farage grins while pointing at a giant mock departure board illustrating his plans to deport “illegal…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 26, 2025

Why Nigel Farage’s ‘fag packet’ migrant deportation plans don’t add up

NEWS ANALYSIS: Nigel Farage claims he would deport 600,000 asylum seekers in the first term of a Reform government and ramp up detentions of those who come here illegally. But the numbers don’t quite add up, as Alicja Hagopian and Millie Cooke report

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025

Voices: It’s time for Starmer to expose Farage’s snake oil on immigration

COMMENT: Nigel Farage and Reform UK have gone conveniently silent on Brexit while decrying small boats and asylum seekers – Keir Starmer needs to take significant measures to expose the reality of what they’re selling, while convincing the public that Labour is on course to do better, writes Andrew Grice

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2025

Dining across the divide: ‘I was really hardline about immigration – but her struggles softened me a bit’

Illegal immigration and the climate crisis were hotly debated by the novelist and the former tram driver. But did they end up on the same track?

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2025