Navy to tow boats back to France, says Reform: Party unveils 'Operation Fortress' to combat Channel migrants
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- Financial Post·2h agoReform Is Enlisting Tech Firms for UK Border Surveillance Plan
Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf told Bloomberg he’s speaking to tech companies about surveilling the country’s south coast to stop migrants crossing from France, after the party touted a proposal to forcibly return small boats crossing the English Channel back to French shores.
Read at Financial Post → - Guardian UK·15h agoReform UK has proposed using the navy to stop small boat crossings. Is their plan feasible?
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…
Read at Guardian UK → - BBC Top Stories·15h agoCould Reform Use The Navy To Stop Small Boats?
Reform UK insists using Navy to stop migrant boats would be legal.
Read at BBC Top Stories → - The Hindu World·15h agoHard-right Reform U.K. vow to use navy to stop small boats
They come as Mr. Farage and Reform — which led national polls for around 18 months but have seen that lead disappear in recent weeks — are embroiled in a series of scandals and official probes into their finances
Read at The Hindu World → - The News Biz PK·18h agoReform UK unveils military-led plan to stop illegal channel crossings
Reform UK unveils military-led plan to stop illegal channel crossingsBritain's right-wing Reform UK proposes military-led operation to stop asylum seekers from illegal English Channel crossings.The party announced on Monday that if elected, it would stop asylum seekers with the…
Read at The News Biz PK → - Irish Examiner World·21h agoFrance will have to take migrants if they are picked up by Navy, says Zia Yusuf
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
Read at Irish Examiner World → - The Independent UK·22h agoCan the Royal Navy legally stop the boats?
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
Read at The Independent UK → - BBC Politics·22h agoReform UK would use Royal Navy to stop small boats
The party's home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf says it would be the "largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two”.
Read at BBC Politics → - HuffPost UK Politics·1d agoReform UK Mocked Over 'Reheated' PlanTo Use Navy To Turn Back Small Boats
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…
Read at HuffPost UK Politics → - Daily Mail News·1d agoNavy to tow boats back to France, says Reform: Party unveils 'Operation Fortress' to combat Channel migrants
Operation Fortress, would see the Royal Navy put to work protecting Britain's borders and towing any small boats back to France.
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