Navy to tow boats back to France, says Reform: Party unveils 'Operation Fortress' to combat Channel migrants

Nigel Farage wanted to get the political focus onto his party's home turf by talking about immigration at a press conference Monday morning.

Nigel Farage said his party would send the military to the Channel to intercept and return dinghies carrying migrants to France The Reform leader, Nigel Farage, whose summer has been dominated by the Guardian’s disclosure of a £5m undeclared donation and his connections with a…

He said the plan was in part inspired by what he saw in Ceuta where around 60,000 migrants last week breached the border with Morocco

Reform UK has pledged to send the Royal Navy into the Channel to intercept all migrant boats there and return them to France or Belgium. Sean O’Grady and Athena Stavrou consider whether it’s even possible

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

Zia Yusuf will unveil the plan at a press conference on Monday. Reform UK have been mocked over a “reheated” plan to use the Royal Navy to turn back migrants coming to the UK in small boats. The right-wing party said it will launch “the largest military operation in the English…

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