Illegal migrants 'queuing up in Calais' waiting for Labour government
![Illegal migrants are 'queuing up in Calais waiting for a Starmer government' so they can come to Britain and stay here, Rishi Sunak said last night.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/25/07/86521091-0-image-a-213_1719296257934.jpg)
Illegal migrants are 'queuing up in Calais waiting for a Starmer government' so they can come to Britain and stay here, Rishi Sunak said last night.
![The Prime Minister claimed the Labour leader would reverse his Rwanda policy if elected and did not have a plan to deal with the boats.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/25/07/86508427-0-image-a-214_1719296272201.jpg)
The Prime Minister claimed the Labour leader would reverse his Rwanda policy if elected and did not have a plan to deal with the boats.
!['Those illegal migrants will not be on planes to Rwanda,' he told the Sun's Never Mind the Ballots election debate.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/25/07/86302325-0-image-a-215_1719296281162.jpg)
'Those illegal migrants will not be on planes to Rwanda,' he told the Sun's Never Mind the Ballots election debate.
!['They will be out on our streets putting pressure on public services. And by the way, I can tell you now they are queuing up in Calais waiting for a Starmer government so they can come here and stay here.'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/25/07/86302327-0-image-a-216_1719296290211.jpg)
'They will be out on our streets putting pressure on public services. And by the way, I can tell you now they are queuing up in Calais waiting for a Starmer government so they can come here and stay here.'
![It came as Home Office figures showed the number of Channel migrants has hit a record for the first six months of a calendar year at 12,901.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/25/07/86521039-0-image-a-217_1719296299296.jpg)
It came as Home Office figures showed the number of Channel migrants has hit a record for the first six months of a calendar year at 12,901.
![The previous record for arrivals in the six months from January to June was 12,747 in 2022. In the past six-and-a-half years, 127,246 people have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/25/07/86521083-0-image-a-218_1719296328257.jpg)
The previous record for arrivals in the six months from January to June was 12,747 in 2022. In the past six-and-a-half years, 127,246 people have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel.
![Downing Street insisted that the Government continues to 'bear down' on small boat crossings.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/06/25/07/86521023-0-image-a-219_1719296471564.jpg)
Downing Street insisted that the Government continues to 'bear down' on small boat crossings.
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