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Reform UK draws cross-party condemnation for plan to place migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas

Monday, 4 May 2026, 19:50 · 1 min read

Reform UK has announced it would deliberately site migrant detention centres in constituencies represented by Green MPs or controlled by Green councils, explicitly sparing areas that vote for Reform. The proposal, outlined by home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf on social media under the slogan "Vote Green, Get Illegals," forms part of the party's broader pledge to deport all undocumented migrants using a network of facilities holding up to 24,000 people. The announcement has drawn sharp criticism from across the political spectrum, with Labour, the Conservatives, and the Greens all condemning it as "abhorrent" — with Conservative former minister Simon Clarke warning it would likely be struck down by courts as an abuse of ministerial power used for political ends.

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The GuardianReform UK plan to set up migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas condemned by other parties – as it happened ↗︎
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