Reform UK plan to return asylum seekers using navy ‘dangerous in practice’

A plan put forward by Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party to deploy the navy to intercept and return asylum seekers arriving by boat has triggered a dispute with France.Reform leader Nigel Farage, who is under political pressure at home over a series of financial scandals and faces a by-election in just more than a week, characterised the mission dubbed “Operation Fortress” not as pushbacks but as “rescue and return”. He argued that, per its humanitarian nature, the measure would not breach international law, as stated by the French Ministry of the Interior.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Police arrest dozens at London rally supporting Palestine Actionlist 2 of 3UK left-wing MP Diane Abbott reinstated by Labour Party after suspensionlist 3 of 3UK PM Burnham vows to be ‘relentless’ on Channel migrant crossingsend of listPointing to the arrival of thousands of migrants in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, Farage on Monday pledged, if elected, to stop a similar “invasion” by launching the largest military operation in the English Channel since World War II. He said the measure would ensure that people are “immediately returned to their point of departure”.Respondi...