Farage Promises Five-Year Asylum Ban if Reform UK Wins Election

Nigel Farage pledges to suspend UK asylum system for five years if Reform UK wins. Plan includes deporting 90,000 applicants.

Editorial Desk

October 12, 2026 One Min Read

POLICY WIRE — London, United Kingdom — Nigel Farage, head of the Reform UK party, has declared that if his party secures victory in the next general election, it will halt all asylum grants for a period of five years.

The proposal, part of a broader strategy to overhaul the UK’s immigration policies, would effectively freeze the current asylum process. Under the plan, all ongoing applications would be invalidated, and new claims would not be accepted during the parliamentary term, which typically spans five years unless an early election is called.

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Farage outlined measures that would see the abolition of asylum tribunals, legal refugee pathways, and resettlement programs. The policy also includes immediate deportation of approximately 90,000 asylum seekers currently in the system, as part of the party’s pledge to ‘Restoring Justice’ in the country’s immigration framework.

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