Farage promises to deport people with ILR

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Nigel Farage stated he would deport anyone with existing indefinite leave to remain. We are talking about millions of people.
This terrifying. If people live here, work here, have kids and mortgages - where are they supposed to go?

How much is it? I'm not for a second defending Farage, the arsehole, but even if Reform get in it won't be for a few years and if it's at all possible to gather the money together in the meantime then it would certainly seem worth it.

I’ve been here since 98 too and I see nothing in their manifesto that says we would be affected?? This all massively feels like fearmongering.

my preference would also be for the other political parties to get off their arses and face up to him! Instead of dithering and waffling.

It is better.

Why couldn't the Tories implement their Rwanda asylum plan? They spent over half a billion quid trying to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda but were thwarted by the courts. In the end they could only remove someone if they volunteered to go 🤔.

Only 4 asylum seekers volunteered.

You really really need to read up on this.

from the BBC report:

Reform said the changes would not apply to EU nationals whose settled status is protected under the European Union Withdrawal Agreement - and who make up the majority of benefit claimants by people with ILR.

In July, there were 213,666 people with ILR claiming Universal Credit benefits, according to figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), external.
There is no breakdown of different benefits claimed by people with ILR, but about a third of people claiming Universal Credit are in work.
Separate estimates from the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford put the total population of non-EU citizens with ILR at 430,000 at the end of 2024.

I believe its around £2.5-3k with all that paperwork. And if you fill up something wrong, they decline and they keep the fee.
I can't afford to lose that kind of money, nor I have the money..

Agree. The standard of workmanship has seriously declined since the introduction if cheap foreign workmanship. As well as undercutting the Brits it does homeowners no favours either. Pay cheap pay twice.

It's not that much. It's less than £2k. It's the cheapest part of the entire visa process. You need to make it a priority. (DH did it this year).

With regards to filling it in correctly, I am certain that Citizens Advice could assist you to ensure it's right. PP says it's less than £2k (closer to what I thought it was). Again, I'm not defending Reform, but while obviously this is a lot of money, I think it's worth prioritising over the next couple of years to get the security you need.

You usually pay £1,735 to apply for adult citizenship or £1,576 for children. If you’re applying for citizenship as an adult you’ll also have to pay:

• £50 to do the Life in the UK Test
• around £150 if you have to do an English test

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/immigration/getting-british-citizenship/applying-for-british-citizenship/#:~:text=Check%20how%20much%20it%20costs,to%20do%20an%20English%20test

And then later in the day Zia tweeted that they would look to negotiate Settled Status with the EU. That was covered in live reporting through yesterday.

Luckily that’s now over. Read the many threads on MN about the now high cost of labour. Problem sorted.

I watched him say it.

And then Reform said more.

You’re responding to a post which talks about a threshold, there is one from what has been said here. Those over it will stay.

Actually what he said was that in January 2026 eu nationals will start being eligible for citizenship based on the 5 year rule.
He wants that stopped and those people deported.

He said the UK would save 234 billion by deporting everyone with ilr.

He said a load of shit. I watched him say it.

I took screenshots because I knew that people would defend him.

Well yes. Now you pay an extortionate amount for what is often poor workmanship and then you pay again. Finding a decent skilled worker is like entering the lottery but if you hit the jackpot (find one) you hang on to him or her!!!!! Aren't we lucky!

Had to go back on EU stuff either because it would breach the exit deal, or because he recalled his ex wife is German and partner is French.
But the ‘concerns’ and so ‘policies’ were initially around massive numbers of all migrants getting ILR/settled status in the next 5 years - as many are from the EU and that has policy changed, what is to be done instead? Or was it all just a shout out that we are to remove non Brits, of a particular type, and keep SYL fans happy - umm.

Um, there’s no winning. Now you have the same work people who were apparently priced out by evil immigrants. You’re paying the price they wanted to charge for the work back then presumably? If the work is bad then that’s down to them.

And we’re short of skilled builders now so many of them have left the country? What a shock.

He said the UK would save 234 billion by deporting everyone with ilr.

EU nationals don't get ilr they get settled status.

And he didn't say he would deport everyone with ILR he said they would have to apply for 5 year work visas and would no longer be able to claim benefits which would save the UK an estimated 234 billion.

I wasn’t looking to say they’d gone back. They went further. They originally talked about just those with ILR and then chucked people with existing Settled Status on the pile too because, well, why not?

Friend 1. Settled status. Can’t get British citizenship because her home country doesn’t allow dual nationality. Firmly in denial. Kids are in school here, don’t speak her language of origin (though they understand it — classic second-gen immigrant situation). She’s got a house, works full-time, earns under £60k.

Friend 2. ILR, came to the UK as a child. No foreign accent (I envy her, lol). Also in denial, but makes the point that if they can strip ILR, they can just as easily strip citizenship — and I agree. She earns under £60k and owns her house outright.

Friend 3. ILR, earns over £60k. Her attitude is basically “wait and see” (which is just denial in a trench coat).

Friend 4. Settled status, not sure she’d even pass the tests for citizenship. Can’t afford the application fee anyway. Earns well under £60k. According to Mumsnet, she should probably “eat pulses only and cancel Netflix” to save up — as if that solves the problem.

None of them are on UC. All of them are working.

Some people in the thread said they’re already planning their “exit strategy.” Out of my four friends, only one even has somewhere realistic to go. The rest don’t.

And this is the part so many conveniently ignore: there will be countless people who have spent 20+ years here, built their entire lives here, who simply have nowhere else to go. And the response to that from some corners? A shrug and: “Tough shit.

Did he have to do any tests again like you do when getting ilr? I just find the processes tedious but I need to. Especially as it makes my travels to Europe easier

Exactly this.

And posters are still defending reform.

He has shown you who he is.

Whilst I don't actively wish harm on anyone, sometimes I feel it was a bad thing for the UK as a whole that Nigel Farage survived that helicopter crash. He's done so much damage, on a political, economic and human level.

There’s a test. My friend has just booked it for the fourth time. She has a PhD, a professional job, and is a native English speaker but keeps messing up on the Wars of the Roses for some reason.