Andrew MacAskillAug 4, 2026 – 8.00amLondon | Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party has said it would launch the “largest military operation” in the English Channel since World War II if elected to turn around asylum seekers, borrowing Australia’s tough border policy to stop the boats.As Reform faces falling popularity and questions over its funding, the party said on Monday (Tuesday AEST) that it would order the Royal Navy to intercept people entering UK waters on small boats and return them to France or Belgium.ReutersSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
‘Biggest since WWII’: Farage claims Australian plan to stop the boats
The populist UK leader unveiled a plan, in elected, to halt asylum seekers crossing the English Channel in the biggest military operation in decades.
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