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   UK's Farage sets out plan for 'mass deportation' of asylum seekers...   
      
   LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Former Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage set out   
   plans on Saturday for "mass deportations" of migrants who have crossed   
   the English Channel on small boats if his Reform UK party forms Britain's   
   next government.   
      
   In an interview...   
      
   Farage said he would withdraw Britain from the European Convention on   
   Human Rights and sign deals with Afghanistan, Eritrea and other top   
   countries of origin to repatriate illegal migrants.   
      
   "We can be nice to people, we can be nice to other countries, or we can be   
   very tough to other countries ... I mean (U.S. President Donald) Trump has   
   proved this point quite comprehensively," Farage said. Asked if he was   
   concerned that asylum seekers would be killed or tortured if they were sent   
   to countries with poor human rights records, Farage said he was more   
   worried about the threat he believed asylum seekers posed to Britons.   
   "I can't be responsible for despotic regimes all over the world. But I can   
   be responsible for the safety of women and girls on our streets," he said.   
   Britain has seen regular small-scale protests in recent weeks outside hotels   
   housing asylum seekers, spurred in part by concerns about public safety   
   after some migrants were charged with sexual assault.   
      
   Broader opinion polls show that immigration and asylum are the public's   
   greatest concern, just ahead of the economy, and Reform UK - which won five   
   seats at last year's general election - has topped recent voting intention   
   polls.   
      
   Last year 37,000 people - mostly from Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Vietnam and   
   Eritrea - arrived in Britain from France by crossing the English Channel in   
   small boats. The total was up by a quarter from 2023 and accounted for 9% of   
   net migration.   
      
      
   About two-thirds of people who arrive via small boats and claim asylum are   
   successful and only 3% have been deported, according to figures analysed by   
   the University of Oxford. Farage told The Times he would end the right to   
   claim asylum or to challenge deportation for those who arrived by small   
   boats by replacing existing human rights legislation and opting Britain out   
   of refugee treaties, citing a national emergency.   
      
   "The aim of this legislation is mass deportations," Farage said, adding that   
   a "massive crisis" caused by asylum seekers was fuelling public anger.   
   The Times said Farage wanted to create holding facilities for 24,000 migrants   
   on air bases at a cost of 2.5 billion pounds ($3.4 billion) and operate five   
   deportation flights a day with total deportations reaching the hundreds of   
   thousands. If that failed, asylum seekers could be held on Ascension Island,   
   a British territory in the South Atlantic, to send a symbolic message, Farage   
   said.   
      
   https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-farage-sets-out-plan-mass-d   
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