Leader of the United Kingdom Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has announced a new radical borders plan targeting the repatriation of 150,000 irregular migrants each year.
Badenoch disclosed the plan in a video posted on her X (formerly Twitter) handle, describing it as “the toughest reform Britain has ever seen” on immigration.
According to her, the proposal includes the establishment of a new Removal Force, modelled after the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to implement large-scale deportations. The initiative aims to repatriate 750,000 migrants within five years.
“Today, I am launching our radical borders plan — the toughest reforms Britain has ever seen to border laws and operations,” Badenoch said. “Successive governments have failed on immigration. Labour promised to smash the gangs; instead, they delivered record small boat crossings — over 50,000 illegal arrivals, 32,000 people in asylum hotels, and billions wasted. It’s pure weakness.”
She added that the Conservative Party offers “a serious, credible plan” to restore control of Britain’s borders, declaring:
“My message is clear: if you’re here illegally, you will be detained and deported. Our new Removals Force, modelled on US ICE, will deport 150,000 illegal migrants each year.”
Badenoch explained that under the new system, irregular arrivals will be deported within a week, and legal barriers that hinder mass deportations will be removed. Additionally, visa sanctions would be imposed on countries unwilling to repatriate their nationals.
The proposed enforcement agency will also end the use of asylum hotels, a move Badenoch said would save taxpayers “billions” and “restore public trust” in the UK’s border system.
“Only the Conservatives have a serious, credible plan to deliver stronger borders,” she asserted.
In an interview with the BBC, when asked where the deported individuals would be sent, Badenoch responded:
“Not here, not here. They do not belong here. They are committing crimes, they are hurting people.”
She further accused the Labour Party of obstructing previous deportation efforts, referencing a case involving a Jamaican national.
“We tried to deport a Jamaican national who had committed crimes. Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer wrote a letter asking us not to deport him. He went on to kill someone else later,” she said.
Badenoch added that the government’s decision to withdraw from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) was partly to eliminate such obstacles.
“I’m tired of irrelevant questions about where they should go. They would go back to where they came from, or another country, but they should not be here. We need to look after the people of our country,” she concluded.
