Britain's right-wing Reform UK party said on Monday that if elected, it would stop asylum seekers with what it called the largest military operation in the Channel since World War Two, as it faces falling popularity and questions over its funding. Pointing to a migration crisis in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, Reform leader Nigel Farage announced a tougher immigration policy that he said would see asylum seekers who arrive in small boats intercepted and returned to France. Reform said the policy, dubbed "Operation Fortress", would make Britain's border impenetrable.

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