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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Helen Corbett

Reform UK unveils plan for ‘largest military operation since WW2’ to stop small boats

Reform UK has unveiled plans for what it describes as "the largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two" to halt the arrival of small boats from France.

Under a government led by Nigel Farage, the party proposes deploying the Royal Navy to intercept all migrant vessels and return them to either France or Belgium, a strategy dubbed "Operation Fortress".

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