Overview

• Nigel Farage introduced 'Operation Restoring Justice,' saying a first term beginning in 2029 would target about 600,000 deportations.
• He pledged to return everyone who crosses the Channel in small boats and to detain women and children on arrival.
• Farage cast irregular migration as an 'invasion' and a danger to public order, assertions reported without supporting evidence.
• Home Office figures reported by the BBC show roughly 21,100 small‑boat arrivals in the first half of 2025, nearly 56% higher than a year earlier.
• The Labour government has a returns arrangement with France that enables the UK to send some Channel crossers back under a reciprocal safe‑route scheme.