London, Aug 3, 2026 (AFP) - France blasts UK hard-right plan to use navy to stop Channel migrants

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France on Monday condemned a proposal by by hard-right Reform UK party to launch, if it wins power, "the largest military operation" in the Channel "since World War II" to stop migrants crossing on small boats. The party's leader, Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, at a press conference unveiled a policy to deploy Britain's Royal Navy to return small boats to France. But the French interior ministry told AFP that the plan "would be a violation of Fr......

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