OPINION: FARAGE’S ‘MASS DEPORTATIONS’ PLAN PUSHES UK TOWARD PUNITIVE BORDER POLITICS

TIME contributor Jonathan Portes argues the UK immigration debate has been warped by hardline rhetoric, spotlighting Nigel Farage’s call for mass deportations and the mainstream parties’ drift toward punitive border policies. He notes net migration is already falling and migrants contribute economically, urging a fact-based, less inflammatory approach. The piece frames the Farage/Reform push as a political escalation with significant implications for asylum and removals policy.