“We will launch the largest mass deportation operation in modern history.”

During his Reform UK conference speech, Zia Yusuf said a future Reform government would launch what he described as the largest mass deportation operation in modern history, removing every foreign national who had entered the UK illegally. He also said Reform would deploy the Royal Navy to return small boats to France and deport foreign criminals held in British prisons.

Attributed to Zia Yusuf

Source: Reform UK (4 Sep 2026)