Farage and Reform's small boats plan explained

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LBC's Natasha Clark takes a look at Reform's big policy announcement as they begin to slow down in the polls. Reform UK wants to launch “the largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two” to stop small boat arrivals from France. A Nigel Farage-led government would send the Royal Navy into the Channel to intercept all migrant boats there and return them to France or Belgium under a plan called “Operation Fortress”. The party says the plan is in line with international law and that it will both halt small boat arrivals and act as a humanitarian response. Zia Yusuf, the party’s home affairs spokesman, said: “Britain is being invaded. “Tory and Labour governments responded with a free ferry service and free hotels". “Reform UK will respond by launching the largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two". “Nigel Farage will order His Majesty’s Royal Navy to ensure that not a single unauthorised vessel crossing the English Channel makes i

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