Reform candidate calls for concentration camps for asylum seekers

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 17 Oct, 20:32 · Archive

An undercover ITV investigation has captured a Reform UK aspiring MP saying asylum seekers should be placed in concentration camps.

An undercover ITV investigation has recorded comments from a Reform UK activist and aspiring MP calling for asylum seekers to be detained in concentration camps. When discussing people crossing the Channel in small boats, the candidate said: 'In the first week of election, build concentration camps, and everyone who comes across on the Channel, you're in there.'

The same activist also told the undercover reporter that Muslims cannot be British, describing himself as 'pretty hardline about Islam'. He said that even though Reform's home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf is Muslim, being Muslim and British is 'like oil and water'.

The investigation, due to be broadcast on Sunday, forms part of ITV's broader undercover reporting into Reform UK. Earlier revelations included a Bromley councillor describing Black children as 'animals' and a Reform member saying his area had become 'infested' with Asian families. Reform has said it opened investigations where members had 'clearly behaved inappropriately', maintaining there was 'no room for racism' in the party. Labour's party chair Bridget Phillipson said Nigel Farage's response showed he was 'completely unfit to lead'.

How it is being reported

• Reform candidate filmed saying asylum seekers should be put in ‘concentration camps’Would-be MP recorded telling undercover reporter in ITV investigation that Muslims could not be British A would-be Reform UK MP told an undercover reporter that Muslims could not be British and asylum seekers should be put in “concentration camps”. The comments were recorded as part of the undercover investigation by ITV that has already seen Reform accused of “appalling behaviour” and “extreme racism”. Continue reading...The Guardian · 17 Oct, 20:00
• Reform needs to ‘build concentration camps’, aspiring MP admits to undercover journalistITV's undercover investigation has revealed further evidence of racism and bigotry.Metro · 17 Oct, 20:00

In this story: Reform UK · ITV · Nigel Farage · Zia Yusuf · Bridget Phillipson · Channel

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