A fifth of Reform members want non-white British citizens whose parents were born in the UK to be forcibly removed or encouraged to leave the country, a new poll has found.
More than half of the members of Nigel Farage’s party believe non-white British citizens who were born abroad should be forcibly removed or encouraged to leave, compared with 24 per cent if they were white, according to data from Hope Not Hate.
The charity released its 2026 report “State of Hate: It Could Happen Here” on Wednesday, which included the results of a survey of 629 Reform members, carried out by Survation on behalf of Hope Not Hate.
Nick Lowes, chief executive of the charity, said the findings show Reform members are generally “more pessimistic, angry and extreme than the British public”.
He added: “And whilst there is overwhelming support for leader Nigel Farage, the views of party members are so hardline on many political issues that it is not inconceivable to think that they could either push Reform UK further to the right or risk being quickly disillusioned if they feel the party is moderating its positions in the quest for power.”
It comes after Reform’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf last month outlined the party’s immigration policies during a speech in Dover.
Mr Yusuf said the UK is being “invaded” by migrants as he pitched Reform’s plans for a mass deportation programme.
If elected to government, the party says it would set up a unit it calls the “UK Deportation Command” to “track down, detain and deport” people in the country illegally, aiming to remove up to 288,000 people each year.
Reform has also said it will impose “visa freezes” on Pakistan, Afghanistan and Syria if the countries refuse to take back migrants with no legal right to stay in Britain.
The party has said it would expect to deport more than 600,000 people in its first term in government.
Hope Not Hate’s data found that almost half of the party’s members (46 per cent) do not like mixing with people of other ethnicities, religions and backgrounds in their local areas.
In contrast, 77 per cent of Britons overall say they like mixing with people of different backgrounds.
Two thirds of the party’s members also have a positive view of Rupert Lowe, the former Reform MP who is now leader of rival right-wing party Restore Britain.
Additionally, more than half (54 per cent) would prefer “having a strong and decisive leader who has the authority to override or ignore parliament”.
Reform led the latest voting intention poll from YouGov with 23 per cent and the party claims to have more than 270,000 members.
Mr Lowes described Reform’s policy offering as “probably the most extreme that we’ve had from a major political party”.
He believes the party has shifted further rightward since the 2024 general election, when it won more than four million votes.
Hope Not Hate’s data found that 66 per cent of Reform UK members think a civil war will happen in Britain.
Eight per cent of British people believe there will definitely be a civil war within the next five years, either between communities or against the state, with another 23 per cent, saying it is possible.
The Independent has approached Reform UK for comment.
