Reform's Navy Plan to Turn Back Small Boats Sparks Political Firestorm

Reform UK's "Operation Fortress" proposes deploying the Royal Navy to intercept and return migrant dinghies to France. The plan would replace Border Force cutters with naval warships, claiming it as the "largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two." Critics from the former navy, the French government, and the Prime Minister have all condemned it as unworkable and illegal.

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