By Tony O’Reilly-
The Conservative Party today formally announced a radical plan to curb irregular migration, promising a new, heavily funded “Removals Force” if it wins the next general election.
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Party leader Kemi Badenoch unveiled the policy as a cornerstone of her “Stronger Borders” agenda at the annual Conservative conference. This ambitious proposal includes a dedicated annual budget of £1.6 billion for the new agency, which aims to dramatically increase the number of deportations to 150,000 people per year. The target represents a massive leap from the roughly 34,000 annual removals currently achieved by the existing Home Office Immigration Enforcement division.
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Furthermore, the Conservatives assert that over a five-year parliamentary term, their plan would lead to the removal of at least 750,000 individuals who are in the UK without legal status. The party intends to fund this significant increase in expenditure by tackling the wider costs associated with the asylum system, including the eventual closure of asylum hotels.
The new “Removals Force,” which would replace the current Immigration Enforcement body, is consciously modelled on the controversial US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Indeed, Ms Badenoch highlighted the American system as having a “successful approach” to migrant removals.
Providing “sweeping new powers” forms a crucial part of the proposal, enabling personnel to operate with greater authority than their predecessors. Notably, this will include the ability to deploy facial recognition technology without warning to identify individuals eligible for immediate removal from the United Kingdom.
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The Home Secretary also plans to enhance the level of co-operation between her department and police forces . Officers across the country would be required to perform immigration checks on every person they stop or arrest.
Critiques of the US ICE model, which has faced significant controversy over the years regarding arrests of legal residents and allegations of racial profiling, are already being voiced across Westminster and in the media. The new Tory Removals Force to Deport 150,000 is also part of a broader, comprehensive legal strategy designed to fundamentally reshape the UK’s asylum and human rights landscape. In a dramatic shift, the Conservatives also plan to abolish the current immigration tribunal system entirely.
The plans seek to stop what the party describes as an abuse of the legal system by denying legal aid for almost all immigration cases. Ms Badenoch explicitly accused some solicitors of having “defrauded” the UK by “coaching” applicants, arguing instead that people “should simply tell the truth about their circumstances” and therefore do not require legal representation.
A major overhaul of the asylum criteria itself is also being proposed under the new “Borders Plan.” Refugee status would be granted solely to those individuals who are facing a direct threat from a foreign government.
Consequently, people fleeing armed conflict, or those escaping countries with less tolerant laws on religion or sexuality, would no longer qualify for asylum.
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Party documents indicate that under these significantly tightened rules, “few people will qualify.” Building on a statement made the day before, Ms Badenoch also confirmed the Conservative intention to withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if they secure another term in office.
The party also intends to fully repeal the Human Rights Act and withdraw from the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. Ultimately, these measures are explicitly intended to “end the legal blocks” that allow illegal immigrants and, in some instances, foreign criminals to remain in the UK through various legal challenges.
The political pressure from the party’s right flank, especially from Reform UK, is considered a major driving force behind this hardline stance on immigration.
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