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Politics26 August 2025Archive brief

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says that in order to deport 600,000 asylum seekers

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says that in order to deport 600,000 asylum seekers, a government headed by his party would leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) which may require a renegotiation of the terms of the Good Friday Agreement which has the ECHR written into it.

By Belfast Herald Newsdesk2 min read

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