Reform pledges to open migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas
Summary
Reform UK plans to open migrant detention centres in areas that vote for the Green Party, aiming to detain up to 24,000 people awaiting deportation within 18 months. The proposal has been criticized by several political parties, including the Greens, Labour, Liberal Democrats, and Scottish leaders.Key Facts
- Reform UK wants to build migrant detention centres in Green Party voting areas.
- The centres would hold people awaiting deportation for about two weeks.
- Reform UK aims to detain up to 24,000 migrants within 18 months.
- The party would avoid placing centres in areas where they have elected officials.
- Green Party leaders strongly oppose the plan and call it cruel.
- Labour, Liberal Democrats, and Scotland’s First Minister also criticize the proposal.
- Reform UK proposes a new law to let the home secretary prevent councils from blocking detention centres.
- Building detention centres to current standards could cost about £12 billion for 24,000 spaces.
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