AdvertisementWorldEuropeImmigration ‘Impenetrable border’: Farage claims Australian plan can stop the boats to Britain David Crowe August 4, 2026 — 5:05am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Share A A ALondon: British warships would turn back asylum seekers in the English Channel under plans unveiled by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to embrace Australia’s tough border policy to stop the boats. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in London on Monday. The Reform plan explicitly cited the command structure for Operation Sovereign Borders under the Labor government in Australia, with Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke overseeing multiple agencies to deter arrivals. Conservative Party home affairs spokesman Chris Philp dismissed the Reform plan on the grounds it was not credible.