Reform vows to stop issuing visas to individuals from countries demanding reparations

BRITAIN will no longer issue visas to individuals from countries demanding reparations, under a Reform UK government.

Nineteen countries currently demanding slavery compensation are being put on notice over new travel documents being issued.

Zia Yusuf, Reform UK spokesperson for home affairs, speaking during a press conference in Dover, England.
Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesman, said: ‘A growing number of countries are demanding reparations from Britain’Credit: Getty

The party says £6.6 billion has been paid to them over the past two decades with nearly four million visas being issued.

Countries making demands include the Bahamas, Barbados and Nigeria.

This follows a 2023 report by UN Judge Patrick Robinson, which stated the UK owes £18 trillion for its historical role in slavery.

However, Sir Keir Starmer has rejected any payout.

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Zia Yusuf, Reform UK’s home affairs spokesman, last night said: “A growing number of countries are demanding reparations from Britain.

“These countries ignore the fact that Britain made huge sacrifices to be the first major power to outlaw slavery and enforce this prohibition.”

He added: “Enough is enough.”

Millions of Africans were forced to work especially on plantations in the Caribbean between the 16th and 19th centuries.

Britain had a vital role in ending the slave trade when it passed a law in 1833, but has never apologised or offered to pay compensation.

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