Farage warns of ‘threat to public order’ without action on illegal migration
Nigel Farage has warned of a “genuine threat to public order” without action to tackle illegal migration.
The Clacton MP launched Reform UK’s “operation restoring justice”, which the party is billing as a five-year emergency programme to detain and deport illegal migrants and deter future arrivals that they would enact if elected to government in Westminster.
Speaking at London Oxford Airport, he said: “The mood in the country around this issue is a mix between total despair and rising anger.
“And I would say this, that without action, without somehow the contract between the Government and the people being renewed, without some trust coming back, then I fear deeply that that anger will grow.
“In fact, I think there is now, as a result of this, a genuine threat to public order.”
He said the only way to stop small boat arrivals is by “detaining and deporting absolutely anyone that comes via that route”.
“And if we do that, the boats will stop coming within days, because there will be no incentive to pay a trafficker to get into this country.
“If you come to the UK illegally, you will be detained and deported and never, ever allowed to stay, period. That is our big message from today.”
Pledge
Some 600,000 asylum seekers could be deported in the first parliament of a Reform UK government, Mr Farage indicated.
Turning to senior Reform UK figure Zia Yusuf, Mr Farage said: “But do we realistically think, Zia, we can deport 5-600,000 people in the lifetime of the first parliament?”
Mr Yusuf replied: “Totally.”
The party pledged to scale up detention capacity for asylum seekers to 24,000 and secure deals with countries such as Afghanistan, Eritrea and Iran to return migrants to their countries.
Reform UK claims the plan will cost £10 billion to implement but save £7 billion currently spent on illegal migration during the first five years.
The party would leave the European Convention on Human Rights and replace the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights, which would apply only to British citizens and those who have a legal right to live in the UK.
‘Gimmicks’
They would also bring forward legislation to make everyone who arrives illegally ineligible for asylum and allow asylum seekers to be detained until deportation.
Minister Matthew Pennycook criticised the plans as “unworkable gimmicks”.
It comes as the UK Government prepares to send back the first small boat arrivals to France under the one in, one out migrant deal.
A record 28,288 people have crossed the English Channel in small boats this year so far, after 212 people did so on Sunday in four boats, making the total 46% more than by the same date in 2024.
Further boats were seen embarking on the dangerous journey on Monday, though the official number of those who made the crossing has not yet been published.
Sir Keir Starmer is facing growing pressure from senior Labour figures and his own supporters, who feel the Government’s attempts to tackle the migrant crisis have so far failed.
YouGov polling released over the weekend found that 71% of voters believe the Prime Minister is handling the asylum hotel issue badly, including 56% of Labour supporters.
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Deals with Afghanistan, Eritrea and Iran are fine for when asylum claims are unsuccessful but won’t change the UN obligations to first consider the claims. So will Reform also be taking the UK out of the United Nations?
Yes.
They kept that quiet although it’s not surprising really because that sort of international cooperation does get in the way of a billionaires takeover. What else aren’t we being told about Reform?
In Reform’s UK Mass Deportation Announcement of yesterday (August 26, 2025, my notes), Nigel Farage: said: “(We will) leave the ECHR, Repeal the Human Rights Act (under Tony Blair’s government); and Declare a National Emergency.
Senior Reform member Zia Yusuf went further declaring: “Leave all international treaties that are used (by human rights lawyers) to keep illegal migrants in the UK, this means leaving the 1951 Refugee Convention & the UN Convention Against Torture & The Council of Europe – these would otherwise be used by activist Judges to prevent deportation (of illegal immigrants).”
Why doesn’t someone stand up against this evil lying charlatan.?
Oes gan ein gwledyddion ddim o’r dewrder i ddatgelu ei gelwydd.
There is already disorder BECAUSE of him.
major news outlets gave one of the smallest parties uninterrupted air time. Sre they doing the same for Davey? There is no threat to public order, he wants you on the streets to create that disorder so he says things to get the racists amped up. He wants the riots. It is what he needs to continue the lie. Last weekend the press were gagging for riots but less than 1k(?) around. the country? Few weeks before 100k turned out for a pro trans/pride march and the same press didn’t do anything. Nige will lie to get power. Challenge the… Read more »
Win this and no one will be safe. He’ll come for everyone that he can usefully despise.
I can never tell whether he is blaming the asylum seekers for the violence to come or is there is a subliminal message to his fans to cause violence.
Farage has already created a threat to public order with his demonisation of asylum seekers and endorsing protests at hotels. I’d say he’s a man without shame but that would be an insult to the decent men I know.
He’s literally spent his entire political career winding the stupid up and causing riots in our communities.
Have a robust system that stops the likes of Qais Al Aswad from coming anywhere this country and you stop Farage in his tracks. It’s not difficult, just tighten things up.
How do you tighten things up? Mind reading? Dream testing? Lie Detector? I don’t believe garage will ever stop. He will just jump on the next easy diversion tactics farce. Probably destroy the NHS next. After that, start fracking in every back yard to get the last piece of dinosaur out.
Right, and the 40%+ of people caught during the farage riots with domestic abuse charges are what, unfortunate in being caught?
Remember that 40% are only the domestic abusers we know about; it is not far-fetched to assume there are many more not yet found out.
Farage is the one inciting violence by promoting fear and hatred. There will be a day of reckoning for him – there is for every racist populist. I only hope it happens before he trashes the country.