Reform UK announces plans to deport all foreign nationals from British prisons to El Salvador

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1. Mon, 10 August 2026

   4 reports
   • lbc.co.uk06:02first to report
     Reform UK announces plans to deport all foreign nationals from British prisons to El Salvador

     Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has opened talks with the government of El Salvador on potentially renting prison spaces

   • MercoPress (South America)09:23
     Reform UK in talks with El Salvador over sending foreign prisoners to Bukele's jails

     Britain's Reform UK party, led by Nigel Farage, has opened contacts with the government of El Salvador to transfer foreign prisoners to jails in that country should it win the next United Kingdom general election, which must be held by 2029 at the latest. The report was published on Monday by the newspaper The Sun and has not been confirmed by San Salvador.

   • Al Jazeera English13:24
     Nigel Farage vows to deport foreign criminals from UK prisons

     Nigel Farage vows to deport foreign criminals from UK prisons

   • The Guardian World16:03edited after publishing ×2
     Amnesty International says Farage putting ‘hate and inhumanity’ over leadership with El Salvador prison plan – as it happened

     previouslyAmnesty International says Farage putting ‘hate and inhumanity’ over leadership with El Salvador prison plan – UK politics live

     A spokesperson for the human rights group likened the proposal to ‘financial brutality with British taxpayers’ money’ Farage and Yusuf are now taking questions. Q: [From Jack Fenwick from the BBC] Are there other countries where you might send foreign offenders? And how much would this cost? We have to admit that there might not be too many colour TVs. It’s not going to be a summer camp. It’s not going to be particularly fun. But it won’t be cruel and it won’t be unreasonable. We will rapidly...

2. Tue, 11 August 2026

   2 reports
   • leftfootforward.org11:59
     Reform civil war: Nigel Farage slaps down Zia Yusuf

     If Reform’s dire poll ratings weren’t enough to keep Nigel Farage preoccupied, the Reform UK leader has had to slap down his home affairs spokesperson for using language that many have called ‘totally unacceptable’. Farage has

   • Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)18:16
     Reform UK vuole trasferire i detenuti stranieri in prigioni all’estero, anche in El Salvador. “Non tutte le prigioni sono gabbie”

     Nigel Farage ha presentato il piano di Reform UK per alleggerire il sovraffollamento delle carceri britanniche. La soluzione sarebbe quella di trasferire tutti i detenuti stranieri in prigioni all’estero, dove sconterebbero il resto della loro pena prima di essere rimpatriati e contemporaneamente banditi dal Regno Unito. La proposta avrebbe l’obiettivo di tagliare i costi ed […] L'articolo Reform UK vuole trasferire i detenuti stranieri in prigioni all’estero, anche in El Salvador. “Non tutte...