Restore Britain's immigration and border policy

According to the Objective, a legally resident foreign national would be deported if they cannot speak English, live in social housing, claim benefits, refuse to work, fail to integrate, commit crime or wish Britain harm. The party singles out the rise in visas granted under Boris Johnson’s government, which it calls the “Boriswave”, as something that “must be undone”.

Foreign offenders would be deported for anything from serious crime to “fraud or fly-tipping”, and the party says any foreign national who knowingly covered up grooming-gang abuse should face deportation too. The Objective also says Afghans brought to Britain under emergency schemes would be relocated to safe third countries in their own region.

All state benefits would be withdrawn from foreign nationals. The party’s economic plan, The Wealth of Our Nation (opens in a new tab) (August 2026), specifies that existing legal migrants, whether on visas or indefinite leave to remain (ILR), would receive no benefits other than A&E care, and that non-citizens would pay market rates for NHS treatment.

ILR would lose its associated benefits, including for people who already hold it, and would become a right of residence that the government could revoke at any time. The party would fund the journey home for those who choose to leave as a result, arguing that this is cheaper in the long run. Non-citizens, it says, should only be in Britain on time-limited terms tied to work, tax and good character.

Under the National Belonging statement, citizenship would be granted “only in the most minuscule numbers and only through marriage”, subject to strict fraud checks, the highest standard of English and evidence of real commitment to Britain.

Citizenship obtained through fraud or deception would be revoked after a mass review of past grants, and dual nationals who commit terrorism, espionage, murder, rape or treason would lose it. Where someone renounces another nationality to avoid removal, the party would seek agreements with that country to restore it.

In his 3 October 2026 conference speech (opens in a new tab), Lowe committed to an Office for Citizenship Standards to conduct that review. This is an announced policy proposal; the speech does not establish a new government body.

Nationals of Red List countries would face stricter security checks, fewer visa categories and higher barriers to entry. The list would be reviewed regularly against criteria including crime, extremism risk, visa overstaying, integration and hostility in foreign policy. Any country that refuses to take back its offenders or illegal migrants would be added and face visa suspensions, remittance taxes, aid cuts and diplomatic pressure. The Objective names Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Sudan and Syria among likely candidates.

The National Belonging statement also says immigration from what it calls “the Third World” would end, leaving a very small level of ultra-high-skilled migration for roles that cannot yet be filled at home. Spousal visas are the exception: for couples outside the Red List the party would make them simpler, cheaper and faster, provided the applicant speaks fluent English and can support themselves.

The party says the current asylum system has been so abused that it “must be abolished in its entirety”. Illegal arrivals would be declared inadmissible and held in tent-based sites on Ministry of Defence or other public land, which the Objective describes as “deliberately austere and designed for short-term containment”, with no bail into the community before removal to their country of origin or a third country.

At sea, a new UK Borders & Coastal Command would bring maritime patrol, surveillance, search and rescue and fisheries enforcement, now split across several agencies, into one service whose officers hold the powers of a constable. That would leave the Royal Navy free of peacetime border work. The paper estimates a net extra running cost of roughly £0.9 to £1 billion a year once the service is fully operational in its fourth year.

The proposal separates a reformed Border Force from Coastal Command, its maritime branch. Our Coastal Command explainer covers that structure, its proposed timetable and the limits of the cost estimate.