Reform UK Targets English Channel Military Operation to Stop Small Boats
The party says the plan would use a joint military command and return intercepted migrants to France or Belgium under international law.
- On Monday, Reform UK proposed 'Operation Fortress,' a military strategy to deploy the Royal Navy in the English Channel to intercept migrant boats and return them to France or Belgium, which leader Nigel Farage described as the largest military operation since World War Two.
- The party cites the recent breach of the Spanish border in Ceuta by 60,000 migrants earlier this week to justify the urgency of its plan, framing the initiative as a humanitarian response to save lives in the English Channel, where 162 people died between 2018 and 2025.
- Reform UK plans to establish a joint military command drawing on the Royal Navy, British Army, RAF and Royal Marines to monitor and intercept unauthorised vessels, with spokesman Zia Yusuf asserting the move would make the border 'impenetrable.'
- Labour Party spokesperson dismissed the proposal as 'reheated,' arguing 'anger and easy answers won't bring crossings down' and citing their government's 46,000 attempted crossings stopped and 70,000 people removed from the United Kingdom.
- Official figures show 14,526 migrants reached the United Kingdom in 2026, representing a 43% decrease from last year, though last Wednesday marked the busiest day for crossings this year with 752 arrivals.
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