Gosport residents deserve answers on boat arrivals

Reform's shadow home secretary Zia Yusuf criticised Labour's decision to reopen the UK Resettlement Scheme and said a Reform government would revoke the right to stay for people arriving under it. That is Reform's stated policy.

Nigel Farage has argued that the English Channel must be treated as a national frontier and that Britain needs a tougher response to small-boat crossings. Reform says successive governments have failed to control the border and allowed criminal smuggling networks to profit.

Reform reported that residents gathered in Gosport after a boat carrying 51 people was expected to be brought ashore. The people were ultimately taken to Dover, but the incident drew hundreds of concerned residents.