One illegal immigrant has landed on British shores every FOURTEEN minutes since Labour took power, shock figures show

One illegal immigrant has landed on British shores every FOURTEEN minutes since Labour took power, shock figures show

AN illegal immigrant has landed on British shores every 14 minutes on average since Labour took power, figures show. In total, over 80,000 people have crossed the Channel in the 768 days since Labour got into No10 in July 2024. A mega-dinghy recently brought 230 migrants across the Channel at once Credit: SNMS Berck sur Mer/AFP via Getty Over 80,000 people have crossed the Channel since Labour took power Credit: Supplied Three thousand migrants have arrived in the UK since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister, with 230 on a mega-dinghy dragged into Dover on Monday. Mr Burnham has vowed to change tactics to tackle the smuggling gangs but has not given a timeline for stopping the crossings. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! The Tories say Britain must leave the European Convention on Human Rights to stop people challenging their deportation. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “Open-borders Burnham has offered nothing but platitudes, and given zero indication he will do anything differently to Starmer’s failed record on illegal immigration. READ MORE ON MIGRANT CRISIS “Labour will never take the action needed to face down this crisis, because ending it would mean leaving the ECHR. “We will leave the ECHR, ban asylum claims from illegal entrants and deport illegal immigrants rapidly.” The PM has promised to eradicate the crossings despite Sir Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson being unable to stop them. Britain is on track to hand £1billion to France to prevent dinghies crossing the Channel. Most read in The Sun Reform leader Nigel Farage told The Sun this week that Mr Burnham doesn’t have “the balls” to stop the boats. Home Office minister Anna Turley has defended Labour’s plans to house asylum seekers in former military bases in the countryside. She said: “They’re not going to be in the village, they’re going to be contained in a former military base.” Comment now

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