Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the UK Conservative Party, has launched what she calls the “toughest reforms Britain has ever seen” in immigration policy, revealing an aggressive new border strategy aimed at arresting and deporting 150,000 illegal migrants per year.
In a video message released on her X account on Sunday, Badenoch stated that the Radical Borders Plan will establish a new Removals Force, similar to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to revamp the UK’s border enforcement system.
“My message is clear: if you’re here illegally, you will be detained and deported,” she declared in the caption.
Badenoch, who has positioned herself as an immigration hardliner, strongly condemned both the Conservative and Labour governments for how they handled the migratory crisis.
She accused Labour of presiding over record amounts of illegal border crossings and spending public dollars on asylum facilities.
“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.
“Instead, in just a year, they delivered a record number of small boat crossings, over 50,000 illegal arrivals, 32,000 people in asylum hotels, and billions wasted.
“It’s pure weakness. Britain needs a serious, credible plan and the backbone to deliver it,” Badenoch said.
The proposed plan includes banning asylum claims for illegal entrants, repealing the Human Rights Act, and withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights.
According to Badenoch, all illegal arrivals will be deported within a week, with legal barriers to mass deportations removed and visa sanctions imposed on countries that refuse to repatriate their citizens.
She also stated that the new enforcement agency would “shut down the asylum hotel racket,” save taxpayers billions, and restore public trust in Britain’s borders.
“Only the Conservatives have a serious, credible plan to deliver stronger borders.
“If you come here illegally, you will be deported,” Badenoch concluded.
Badenoch, on the other hand, came under fire for dismissing queries about where deported migrants will be taken during an interview with Laura Kuenssberg on BBC Sunday.
“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.
“They will go back to where they came from,” she added when pressed further.
