Reform pledges to review all asylum claims since 2021 if it wins power

Reform pledges to review all asylum claims since 2021 if it wins powerJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJennifer McKiernanPolitical reporterHome Office/ PA MediaBorder Force officers processing the first small boat migrants detained under the UK's "one in, one out" deal with France, in Dover, Kent.Reform UK has pledged an immediate review of all asylum claims from the last five years should the party win the next general election.Around 400,000 people would be liable for deportation under the plans, which would target anybody granted asylum, overstaying a visa, or from a country deemed safe by a Reform-led government.The current Labour government has already announced major crackdowns on immigration, including disrupting human trafficking gangs, emptying asylum hotels and increasing the time before indefinite leave to remain is granted.Conservatives claimed Reform was copying their policies "but without the detail", and Liberal Democrats called it an "impractical farce" of a policy.Reform, led by Nigel Farage, has previously announced it would bar anyone arriving on a small boat, and suggested this could mean 600,000 deportations over five years. The party also wants the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to make removals easier and abolish the right to permanent settlement in the UK after five years.Reform's home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf said his party would "do what it takes to restore justice" in the UK."For years, Tory and Labour governments have presided over an invasion of Britain," he claimed."Instead of upholding the law, they have rewarded those who broke it by entering Britain illegally. Reform will reverse this," he added.But a Labour Party spokesperson blamed the previous Conservative governments, adding Labour was "finally bringing down" immigration numbers.Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had taken "decisive action" to cut small b...