Reform UK will slam the door shut on visas from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria if they refuse to cooperate with Britain on deportations, Zia Yusuf is expected to announce.
The party’s home affairs spokesman will outline the measures as part of his plan to expel 600,000 illegal immigrants in Dover on Monday.
Under the banner of Operation Restoring Justice, Mr Yusuf will set out Reform’s intentions to see more people leave Britain than arrive if they win the next general election.
“Net emigration” will be in part achieved by what he will describe as a Donald Trump-style approach to deportations.
Mr Yusuf will also cut off all access to the UK for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria unless those nations accept the return of illegal migrants.
Afghan, Syrian, Iranian, Eritrean, and Sudanese nationals make up 57 per cent of such cases.
According to official data, Pakistani nationals are also among those most likely to remain in the UK beyond their permitted visa period.
Mr Yusuf, who was appointed to the home affairs brief earlier this week, is expected to attack Labour for its efforts to enforce Britain’s borders.
Reform UK is set to announce plans for visa bans for Pakistan and Afghanistan
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He will hit out at the Government for threatening visa restrictions against only a “handful of African countries responsible for only a minuscule proportion of illegal migrants.”
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood warned last November that citizens from Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo could be denied entry without improved cooperation on deportees.
Those nations have since agreed to work with the UK.
Reform plans to extend its visa ban threats beyond the African nations targeted by Labour to include Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan alongside the previously mentioned countries.
The bans will be part of Reform’s plans to expel 600,000 illegal immigrants
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Reform’s broader immigration strategy includes establishing a dedicated unit called UK Deportation Command and offering asylum seekers £2,500 to voluntarily board flights to their home countries or third-party nations such as Rwanda or Albania.
Migrants awaiting removal would be accommodated in former military bases, with the party claiming these facilities could hold 24,000 people within 18 months for £2.5billion.
Mr Yusuf’s speech will also outline policies on what the party terms “protecting British culture” alongside a “zero-tolerance” stance on Islamist extremism.
Speaking on Saturday ahead of his Dover address, Mr Yusuf declared: “As Home Secretary, I will use every instrument of state to deport all illegal migrants in Britain, including visa bans on countries that refuse to take back their illegals.”
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GETTY“Further countries will be announced soon. Reform will do what it takes to finally secure our borders, uphold the rule of law and put the British people first.”
Reform’s policies would represent a significant escalation from current Government measures.
Since Labour’s 2024 election victory, approximately 58,500 illegal migrants and foreign nationals with criminal records have departed the UK, with the majority leaving voluntarily.
However, Sir Keir Starmer last month overtook Boris Johnson when it comes to migrants crossing the Channel under his watch.