Overview
- Reform UK proposes a new offence of dishonestly determining an asylum claim, carrying a maximum two‑year prison sentence.
- Civil servants deemed responsible could face prosecution, loss of jobs and forfeiture of pensions, with employer contributions directed to victims’ charities in severe cases.
- The party plans a dedicated police task force backed by the National Crime Agency and a review of roughly a decade of asylum decisions.
- Further measures would bar foreign national sex offenders from entry and deport asylum seekers previously charged with sex offences.
- The government rejects the characterisation of the system, citing nearly 50,000 removals with asylum‑related returns up 27%, while Reform’s measures remain pledges contingent on winning power.