Nigel Farage has announced a “mass deportation” plan that would see five flights leaving Britain every day under a Reform UK government. His plan would also involve replacing the European Convention on Human Rights with a new British Bill of Rights.

The Reform UK leader set out what he claims is the solution to the “massive crisis” facing the UK on immigration. Speaking to The Times, Farage said he would introduce an Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill under urgency if he were to become Prime Minister.

The plan, branded Operation Restoring Justice, would see those arriving on small boats detained at RAF bases.

The proposals would require the creation of detention centres capable of holding 24,000 people within 18 months.

Migrants would also be barred from applying for asylum. Reform UK says it would strike deals with countries from which asylum seekers travel, while also looking at arrangements with Rwanda and Albania to take people in. If a country were deemed too dangerous to return asylum seekers to, remote British Overseas Territories would be used instead.

A six-month voluntary returns scheme is also proposed, under which migrants could leave the UK with £2,500 and paid flights.

When challenged on the risks of returning people to dangerous countries, Farage said:

He estimated the cost at around £10 billion over five years. According to Farage, this would be split into £2 billion for building detention centres, £2 billion for detention costs, £1.5 billion for staff, £1.5 billion for flights, and £2 billion for “diplomatic incentives”.

Reform UK insists this would be far more cost-effective than the £7 billion spent annually on asylum hotels and related costs.

Farage branded the current immigration system a “national security threat” and warned that public anger was “not very far away from disorder”.

Reform UK are set to unveil further details of the plan next Tuesday.