Kemi Badenoch Unveils Tough Immigration Plan, Targets 150,000 Annual Deportations

United Kingdom Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, has announced an aggressive immigration reform agenda aimed at deporting 150,000 migrants annually a move she says will restore control of Britain’s borders and curb illegal migration.

Speaking at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, Badenoch said the proposal would introduce a new enforcement unit known as the “Removals Force”, modelled after the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. The new body, she explained, would replace the existing Home Office Immigration Enforcement unit and receive double its current funding, increasing to £1.6 billion annually from £820 million.

“Our mission is clear: to remove those who have no right to be here,” Badenoch declared. “They don’t belong here. They are committing crimes and hurting people. We will send them back to where they came from.”

The Conservative leader said the plan’s goal was to raise the number of annual deportations from 34,000 to 150,000, amounting to at least 750,000 removals over the course of a parliamentary term. She also confirmed her intention to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which she argued has made it difficult to expel failed asylum seekers.

Badenoch’s seven-point migration plan also includes:

• Banning asylum claims by illegal entrants,

• Repealing the Human Rights Act,

• Cutting legal aid for immigration cases, and

• Strengthening border security through expanded deportation agreements.

Critics, however, have dismissed the proposal as unrealistic and politically motivated, citing logistical and legal hurdles. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood described the plan as “lacking credibility,” adding that previous Conservative governments had “failed miserably” to meet deportation targets.

The policy has also drawn fire from human rights advocates, who warn that withdrawing from the ECHR could isolate Britain diplomatically and undermine international law commitments.

Despite falling poll numbers and internal party divisions, Badenoch insists she is undeterred. “I was elected to take bold action,” she said. “It won’t be easy or quick, but it will pay off.”

Observers say the plan marks one of the most hardline immigration proposals in recent UK political history potentially redefining Britain’s relationship with international human rights bodies and testing the limits of its deportation infrastructure.