Greens compare Reform UK's detention centre pledge to racist 1960s Tory campaign slogan

Greens compare Reform UK's detention centre pledge to racist 1960s Tory campaign slogan Submitted by Imran Mulla on Mon, 05/04/2026 - 11:43 Nigel Farage’s party proposed to put detention centres housing illegal migrants in Green-voting areas Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (R) attends a press conference with the party's home affairs spokesperson, Zia Yusuf, in London on 18 November 2025 (AFP) Off Nigel Farage's Reform UK has been criticised for promising to build detention centres for illegal migrants in areas that vote for the Green Party if it enters government at the next general election. A Green Party source told Middle East Eye the pledge was "reminiscent" of racist Conservative Party campaigning in the 1960s. Reform UK has previously promised to deport 600,000 illegal migrants and to build new detention centres holding up to 24,000 people.