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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea and Jessica Elgot

Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation

Nigel Farage stands behind a lectern during the press conference
Nigel Farage said his party’s proposal was designed ‘to clean up the mess of Boris Johnson’. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

Nigel Farage has pledged to abolish what the main route for immigrants to gain British citizenship, threatening tens of thousands of people legally living in the UK with deportation unless they meet strict rules.

The Reform UK leader said his plans would target the “Boriswave” – the wave of legal immigrants who arrived in the UK under post-Brexit rules established by Boris Johnson – which he described as the “greatest betrayal of democratic wishes certainly in anyone’s living memory”.

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