LONDON: The hard-right Reform UK party unveiled plans on Monday for, if it wins power, “the largest military operation” in the Channel “since World War II” to stop migrants crossing on small boats. The proposal — which experts and other political parties promptly rubbished — comes days after tens of thousands of migrants entered Spain’s North African exclave of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco, reigniting Europe’s debate over irregular migration.

The Tories and Reform UK called on ministers to take immediate action to strengthen Britain's borders following the biggest ever one-day surge of illegal migrants into the EU.

Reform UK’s spokesman claimed the move would render the border ‘impenetrable’, ensuring ‘nobody’ could reach UK shores via small boat