British Reform party leader Nigel Farage poses in front of a mock departures board during a press conference in a hangar at Oxford Airport in Kidlington, England, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)

The UK should “actively resist” Reform’s “kneejerk” plans to deport all migrants, according to the acting head of the Church of England.

The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, criticised the right-wing party’s new proposals to solve the migrant crisis through deporting 600,000 migrants over five years, saying this plan does not fix any long-term issues.

He said: “You haven’t solved the problem, you’ve just put it somewhere else, and done nothing to progress the issue of what brings people to this country.

“You think that’s the answer? You will discover, in due course, that all you have done is make the problem worse.”

Speaking to Sky News, he said: “Don’t misunderstand me, I have every sympathy with those who find this difficult, every sympathy, as I do with those living in poverty.

“But I think we should actively resist the short-term,........

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