Hard-right Reform UK vow to use navy to stop 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.

"As Reform's beleaguered leader Nigel Farage pushed his lunatic idea to send UK warships to bear down on small boats crisis, this madness is exactly why he should be stopped"

Nigel Farage is facing questions over the legality of the scheme to launch Royal Navy ships to stop small boat arrival

Britain's Reform U.K. party vowed that if elected it would use the Royal Navy to turn back small boats bringing migrants across from France and Belgium.

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 UK would use Navy to stop small boats in the Channel  ITVX

REFORM has vowed to use the Navy to stop small boats and make British borders “impenetrable” – as Channel crossings continue to spiral under Andy Burnham. More than 14,000 migrants have crossed the Channel so far this year as the recent heatwaves trigger a stampede, with gormless French cops watching on as loaded dingh

The party's home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf says it would be the "largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two”.

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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.