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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Why is Reform UK threatening Green areas with migrant detention centres?

Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf hold Reform UK document titled 'Operation restoring justice'
Zia Yusuf and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at the launch of the party’s immigration policy document. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Coming just days before millions go to the polls, Zia Yusuf’s announcement that a Reform government would “prioritise” the siting of migrant detention centres in areas with Green MPs or councils was certainly eye-catching.

“That means areas like right here in Brighton,” Reform’s shadow home secretary said with barely concealed relish in a video in which he paced the beachfront at the constituency that elected Britain’s first Green MP.

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