Badenoch unveils plan to deport 150,000 illegal migrants annually

The leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has announced what she described as the “toughest immigration reforms in Britain’s history,” unveiling a new border strategy designed to deport 150,000 illegal migrants each year.

In a video message posted on her X (formerly Twitter) handle on Sunday, Badenoch introduced the Radical Borders Plan, which includes the creation of a new Removals Force, modelled after the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, to strengthen the country’s border enforcement operations.

> “My message is clear: if you’re here illegally, you will be detained and deported,”

Badenoch declared in the video.

Positioning herself as a firm advocate of stricter immigration controls, Badenoch criticised both Labour and previous Conservative administrations for what she called years of policy failure in addressing illegal migration.

She accused the current Labour government of overseeing record levels of small boat crossings and mismanaging billions of pounds on asylum accommodation.

“Today, I’m launching our Radical Borders Plan — the toughest reforms Britain has ever seen to border laws and operations,” she said.

“Successive governments have failed on immigration. Labour promised to smash the gangs. Instead, in just a year, they delivered record small boat crossings — over 50,000 illegal arrivals, 32,000 people in asylum hotels, and billions wasted.”