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France Criticizes UK Hard-Right Plan to Use Navy for Migrant Returns
France has strongly criticized a plan by the UK's hard-right Reform UK party to use the Royal Navy to return migrants attempting to cross the Channel. The proposal has sparked diplomatic tensions between the two nations.
3 Aug, 16:48 — 3 Aug, 20:37
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France hits out at Reform UK plan to return migrants using Navy
It comes after the party said it would override French objections to return migrants to France.
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France blasts UK hard-right plan to use navy to stop Channel migrants
The party's leader, Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, unveiled a policy to deploy Britain's Royal Navy to return small boats to France. The French interior ministry said the plan "would be a violation of French sovereignty as well as a violation of maritime law and international law."
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First report: BBC · 3 Aug, 16:48|Full coverage: 2 · 4h|Window: 4h
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