Reform UK wants to launch “the largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two” to stop small boat arrivals from France.
A Nigel Farage-led government would send the Royal Navy into the channel to intercept all migrant boats there and return them to France or Belgium under a plan called “operation fortress”.
The party says the plan is in line with international law and that it will both halt small boat arrivals and act as a humanitarian response.
Labour criticised the “reheated” announcement and said “anger and easy answers won’t bring crossings down”.
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A Nigel Farage-led government would send the Royal Navy into the channel to intercept all migrant boats there and return them to France or Belgium under a plan called “operation fortress”.
People wait by the sea to try and board a dinghy into the English Channel in March (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images)
Labour criticised the “reheated” announcement and said “anger and easy answers won’t bring crossings down”.
“Tory and Labour governments responded with a free ferry service and free hotels.
“Nigel Farage will order his Majesty’s Royal Navy to ensure that not a single unauthorised vessel crossing the English Channel makes it to the shores of the United Kingdom.
“Those who attempt it will be intercepted by our Armed Forces and returned to France.”
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A Nigel Farage-led government would intercept all migrant boats attempting to cross the Channel and return them to France or Belgium under a plan called “operation fortress”.
However, Labour has criticised the “reheated” announcement and said “anger and easy answers won’t bring crossings down”.
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