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.

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.

'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.

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.

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