Reform's Operation Fortress Navy Plan Sparks Firestorm as Small Boats Numbers Drop 43%

Reform UK has unveiled "Operation Fortress," a plan to deploy the Royal Navy as the "largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two" to intercept and return small boat migrants to France or Belgium. Home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf announced the policy at a Monday press conference, claiming it would be a "humanitarian response" compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. The plan comes as Prime Minister Andy Burnham reported small...