Children and mothers included in Reform plan to immediately deport 90,000 asylum seekers

Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has announced a controversial plan to immediately deport 90,000 asylum seekers, which includes children and mothers. This proposal, unveiled on Monday, aims to impose a five-year ban on granting asylum and has drawn sharp criticism from refugee charities and advocacy groups.

• The party's immigration policies are described as the most hardline to date.
• New asylum claims would be automatically rejected, with failed applicants returned to their home countries or a safe third country.
• The Reform government would impose tariffs, visa bans, or airspace restrictions on countries that refuse to accept the return of asylum seekers.

During a press conference in Kent, Farage addressed whether children would be exempt from the deportation plan:

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"If you allow Palestinian or Afghan women to come as well as children, that may well sound compassionate given the circumstances in that country. However, as soon as you do that you open the door to family reunions... before you know it you have plenty of young men coming as well."