Reform UK’s spokesperson for home affairs, Zia Yusuf said Green-controlled regions would be given priority because of the party’s “open borders” policy. A Green Party spokesperson called it a “disgusting” idea and accused Reform of making “abhorrent announcements” in an attempt to distract voters from its other policies. The spokesperson said, “We want an immigration system that is fair and managed.” “We acknowledge that our population is aging and we agree that the current system needs to be changed, but we do not believe in cruel performance. Reform UK has also stated that it will not place detention centers in areas where their own party has an elected MP or where they control the council. Yusuf said: This is the fairest way to ensure democratic consent for our mass deportation program. The Labour Party chair Anna Turley called the Reform UK policy “grotesque” and said Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was “not interested in fixing the system” and wanted to “drive an toxic wedge between our community”. It’s clearly a video made on the spot to be used for social media. Max Wilkinson, the Liberal Democrats’ spokesman for home affairs, said that it was “a squabble” between two parties “who don’t have solutions to bring about an asylum system that is safe, fair, and controlled in our country”. Meanwhile, Scotland’s first minister John Swinney, said it was a “illustration the dangerous nature Reform’s politics”, and an “attempt at dividing communities”. Plaid Cymru’s spokesperson said that Reform UK’s latest announcement of policy encapsulates all they stand for. This is a deliberate attempt to sow hatred and division within our communities. Reform UK said it would also introduce a Mass Deportation Detention Act to give the Home Secretary powers to stop councils from blocking the opening of immigration removal centres. The party said that people who were placed in the centers would not be allowed to leave and stay there for around two weeks before they were deported.
