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Reform UK has vowed to prioritise putting migrant detention centres in areas controlled by the Green Party which has an “open borders” policy.

Zia Yusuf, home affairs spokesman for Reform UK, pledged to put the facilities for illegal arrivals in constituencies and councils controlled by Zack Polanski’s party in the first instance.

It comes after the Green Party’s migration policies, which were voted on and passed by members previously, included abolishing immigration detention, giving illegal arrivals visas, providing asylum seekers with accommodation and allowing asylum seekers to lawfully work.

These have now been removed from its website.

Nigel Farage’s insurgent party has committed to not placing these sites in areas with a Reform MP or where Reform controls the council.

Mr Yusuf said: “Reform UK has committed to deporting all illegal migrants in Britain, a policy the majority of British people support. In order to do so, we will need to detain migrants while they await deportation.

“Even though illegal migrants will not be allowed to leave the sites, we are committing to not placing these detention sites in areas with a Reform MP or where Reform controls the council. Given the Green Party advocate for open borders and for an infinite number of undocumented men to come here, we will prioritise Green constituencies and Green controlled councils to locate these detention centres.

This is the fairest approach to ensuring democratic consent for all aspects of our mass deportation programme.”

Constituencies with Green MPs currently include Gorton and Denton in Manchester, Bristol Central, North Herefordshire, Waveney Valley on the Norfolk-Suffolk border and Brighton Pavilion.

Greens and Reform UK are set to make major gains at local elections on Thursday, including potentially being the largest party on multiple councils.

Polanski’s Party is eyeing victory in inner London boroughs, parts of the Midlands and parts of the north of England.

Reform UK said it would build detention capacity for at least 24,000 illegal migrants at a time.

They will not be able to leave these centres, and each one will be held there for a couple of weeks before being deported.

Home Office decisions about where to place detention centres, also known as immigration removal centres (IRCs), are taken in accordance with government procurement and planning rules.

These decisions are often challenged by judicial review because of council and local resident opposition

But Reform UK said it will ensure that prioritising Green-controlled areas for building IRCs is not frustrated by legal challenges that “contradict democratic decisions”.

Mr Farage will need to introduce primary legislation, leave the European Convention of Human Rights and repeal the Human Rights Act to “stop or oust” the possibility of judicial reviews.

A Green Party spokesman said: “Reform keep making unserious announcements to try and distract voters from they fact they want to privatise our NHS. Greens are focused on building council housing, fixing our public services and bringing down the cost of living.”