Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pledged five deportation flights a day under plans to move asylum seekers who arrive in small boats out of the UK.

His proposals also include arresting asylum seekers on arrival; automatic detention; and forced deportation to countries such as Afghanistan and Eritrea.

Mr Farage's mass deportation plans - which include deals with other countries, which could see the return of the Conservatives ' unsuccessful Rwanda plan - are expected to be formally on Tuesday (August 26).

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Mr Farage said it could see hundreds of thousands of people deported and five charter flights taking off from the UK every day.

It comes amid rising tensions over asylum hotels and as the Government said it planned to appeal against a court

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