Reform UK pledges migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas

9 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 4

Home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf said Green-controlled councils and constituencies would be prioritised, while areas with Reform MPs or councils would be exempt.
The party says it would detain up to 24,000 people for about two weeks before deportation and introduce a law letting the home secretary override councils blocking sites.
Critics from the Greens, Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Scotland's first minister condemned the plan, while estimated construction costs for 24,000 closed detention spaces could reach £12bn.

With a £12 billion price tag, is Reform UK's mass detention plan a serious policy or a political provocation?

Could targeting Green areas for migrant detention centres create legal battles that derail the entire plan?

If most asylum claims succeed, how can a two-week mass deportation plan be considered either workable or just?