Farage bets the border becomes the summer's defining battle with Operation Fortress

TL;DR
Nigel Farage's Reform UK unveils 'Operation Fortress' to seal the coast against small-boat crossings with a military-led, drone- and satellite-enabled surveillance network, intercepting and returning migrants to their country of origin within a fortnight, while Labour's Burnham pushes border-security priorities amid Farage-finance scrutiny and ongoing internal party tensions.
Topics:worldpolitics#border-control#immigration#military-operation#nigel-farage#politics#uk-politics
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