Nigel Farage to pledge a five-year suspension of the asylum system if Reform UK wins power

Summary

Nigel Farage is to pledge to suspend the asylum system for five years amid a 'national security emergency', the Manchester Evening News reported on Sunday 11 October, saying the announcement was expected on Monday, and the Evening Standard and The Independent reported the same pledge. Under the plans, all asylum tribunals, legal refugee routes and resettlement schemes would be scrapped, according to the Evening Standard, The Independent, the Birmingham Mail and Metro, and The Independent said Farage would do so if Reform UK wins power. BBC News reported that Reform would suspend the asylum system for the parliamentary term if in government, with all asylum applications rejected, existing ones voided and all claimants marked for deportation, and Metro said Nigel Farage vowed to ban asylum seekers and deport 90,000 people if Reform wins.

Latest: Nigel Farage is to pledge to suspend the asylum system for five years, scrapping all asylum tribunals, legal refugee routes and resettlement schemes if Reform UK wins power, with the announcement expected on Monday.

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