France blasts UK hard-right plan to use navy to stop Channel migrants

The party's leader, Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, unveiled a policy to deploy Britain's Royal Navy to return small boats to France. The French interior ministry said the plan "would be a violation of French sovereignty as well as a violation of maritime law and international law."

The party's leader, Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, unveiled a policy to deploy Britain's Royal Navy to return small boats to France. The French interior ministry said the plan "would be a violation of French sovereignty as well as a violation of maritime law and international law."

France has condemned a proposal by hard-right Reform UK party to launch, if it wins power, "the largest military operation" in the Channel "since World War II" to stop migrants crossing on small boats.

The hard-right Reform UK party unveiled plans on Monday for, if it wins power, “the largest military operation” in the Channel “since World War II” to stop migrants crossing on small boats. The proposal – which experts and other political parties promptly rubbished – comes days after tens of thousands of migrants enter

Experts say Nigel Farage’s plan would only increase death and violence at the border – after the party promised the ‘largest military operation in the Channel since WWII’

'Violation of our sovereignty': France hits back at Reform's plan to use Royal Navy to stop small boat crossings  lbc.co.uk

Reform UK would use Navy to stop small boats in the Channel  itv.com

The Reform UK leader insisted ‘Operation Fortress’, a plan to transport migrants back to France or Belgium, would comply with international law

The hard-right Reform UK party unveiled plans on Monday for, if it wins power, “the largest military operation” in the Channel “since World War II” to stop migrants crossing on small boats.

Nigel Farage's Reform UK party has vowed to deploy the Royal Navy to the English Channel to prevent illegal migrants from reaching British shores.

Britain and France signed a new three-year deal in April to stop irregular migrants making the risky Channel journeys, with London paying Paris up to €766 million in return for boosted law enforcement of the issue.

Reform wants to launch 'the largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two'

Operation Fortress, would see the Royal Navy put to work protecting Britain's borders and towing any small boats back to France.