Hard-right Reform UK proposes navy-led operation to stop small migrant boats

Per France 24, Reform UK's hard-right party on Monday proposed deploying Britain's Royal Navy to intercept small migrant boats in the Channel, describing it as the largest military operation there since World War Two. Experts and rival political parties quickly criticized the plan, with the announcement arriving amid a series of scandals involving Reform and its leader, Nigel Farage.

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