Britain's Migrant Plan: A Recipe for Diplomatic Disaster The UK's latest plan to tackle the Channel migrant crisis has sparked a heated debate in Westminster, but it is France that has strongly rejected Reform UK's proposal to intercept and return migrant boats using the Navy.
Paris argues this would breach international law. Reform UK's plan is based on a flawed understanding of both the law and the complexities of cross Channel migration.
The party points to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which indeed talks about a duty on states to assist those in peril at sea.