{"id":71580,"date":"2026-08-03T21:30:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/71580\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T21:30:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:30:04","slug":"reform-uk-unveils-operation-fortress-to-stop-channel-crossings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/71580\/","title":{"rendered":"Reform UK unveils &#8216;Operation Fortress&#8217; to stop Channel crossings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Reform UK unveils &#039;Operation Fortress&#039; to stop Channel crossings\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qIgxxiSH3Vg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nReform UK unveils &#8216;Operation Fortress&#8217; to stop Channel crossings<br \/>\n<br \/>\nReform UK has announced &#8216;Operation Fortress&#8217;, a proposal to deploy the Royal Navy in the English Channel to intercept small boats and return migrants to France or Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>Leader Nigel Farage says the party could stop the crossings &#8220;in a fortnight&#8221;, while Reform&#8217;s Home Affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf described it as the largest military operation in the Channel since the Second World War.<\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s Interior Ministry has criticised the proposal, saying it would violate French sovereignty, maritime law and international law.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/<\/p>\n<p>#skynews #reformuk #nigelfarage #migration #france #uk <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Why not listen to one of our podcasts? This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy or Ed Conway&#8217;s Stuff Matters, available here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/stuff-matters<\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reform UK unveils &#8216;Operation Fortress&#8217; to stop Channel crossings Reform UK has announced &#8216;Operation Fortress&#8217;, a proposal to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8],"tags":[9510,6847,24558,50,2177,3600,2324,1243,3577,45894,2327,31,326,59326,8731,325,2847,1520,296,9509,279,11780],"class_list":["post-71580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sky-news","tag-boats","tag-channel","tag-crossings","tag-france","tag-government","tag-illegal","tag-immigration","tag-international","tag-law","tag-maritime","tag-migrants","tag-news","tag-nigel-farage","tag-operation-fortress","tag-policy","tag-reform-uk","tag-royal-navy","tag-sky","tag-sky-news","tag-small","tag-uk","tag-zia-yusuf"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/117033743455230683","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}