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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Farage rows back on plan to deport children in Reform asylum crackdown

Nigel Farage has rowed back on plans to deport children as part of Reform UK’s strategy to tackle illegal migration.

The Reform leader had pledged on Tuesday to detain and deport up to 600,000 people with no right to be in the UK, including anyone who arrived in Britain after crossing the Channel in a small boat.

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