BREAKING: Nigel Farage says he will deport women and children back to Taliban

Nigel Farage has confirmed that he will lock up migrant women and deport them back to the Taliban if he gets elected.

The Reform UK leadersaid he would deport women who arrive to Britain on small boats to Afghanistan as part of his draconian mass deportation plans.

He said children might have to be dealt with differently because there is "a duty of care" needed - but said few kids came on small boats so it was "irrelevant".

Last month Mr Farage unveiled hard-right plans to deport thousands of people who cross the Channel on a small boat to get to Britain. He initially said women and children would be included in the plan - before rolling back and claiming they'd be exempt for five years.

But speaking to Sky News today at Reform's annual conference in Birmingham, he said: "Those that cross the English Channel will be detained and deported, men and women. Children, we'll have to think about."

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