France will have to take migrants if they are picked up by Navy, says Zia Yusuf

He said the plan was in part inspired by what he saw in Ceuta where around 60,000 migrants last week breached the border with Morocco
Reform UK home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf speaking to the media at a press conference at Reform HQ (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Reform UK home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf speaking to the media at a press conference at Reform HQ (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Mon, 03 Aug, 2026 - 11:01
Will Meakin-Durrant, Press Association

Reform UK’s home affairs spokesman has insisted Paris will have to take in migrants if the Royal Navy picked them up in the sea and dropped them off in northern France.

Zia Yusuf described his party’s proposal for “the largest military operation in the English Channel since World War Two” as a “humanitarian mission”.

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