"We're not sending soldiers onto French beaches" | Reform UK pressed on plan to return migrants
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Reform UK's Laila Cunningham is interviewed by Victoria Derbyshire about her party's plan to return migrant boats using the Royal Navy. Nigel Farage's party has announced that if it was in power it would intercept boats crossing the English Channel and return migrants to French ports, even if France disagreed. Opposition parties have branded the plan unworkable, while a Labour minister said it would lead to "a lot of time arguing with France" instead of "actually getting to grips with the problem". France has said the proposals would violate its sovereignty and breach international law. Responding to the French government, a Reform spokesperson said: "We will always stand up for British interests and protect our people, whether Emmanuel Macron likes it or not." The spokesperson added: "Humanitarian missions do not violate maritime or international law." Under the plans, which Reform said it would bring in if it entered government after the next election, military-crewed inflatabl
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