Sir Keir Starmer's 'smash the gangs' policy has suffered a severe setback, as GB News can exclusively reveal more than 30,000 small boat migrants have now crossed to the UK since Labour came to power.
It follows the arrival of a further 66 migrants this morning, who made the illegal journey from France.
It is the eighth straight day of migrant activity in the Channel, which has seen more than 1,700 cross since last Thursday.
GB News analysis of the figures reveals that 30,063 small boat migrants have now arrived in UK waters since the general election last July.
The grim milestone figure piles more pressure on the Prime Minister to bring in a deterrent scheme, like the previous Government’s Rwanda policy.
That plan to send small boat migrants to the East African nation for processing was scrapped by Sir Keir Starmer on his first day in office.
Sir Keir branded the Rwanda scheme a "Tory gimmick" and promised to introduce a law enforcement approach that would concentrate on going after the people smuggling gangs.
Labour created a Border Security Command and diverted millions of pounds, previously allocated for the Rwanda scheme, to the new Command.
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But maritime security sources have told GB News that law enforcement without a deterrent alongside is "doomed to failure."
One senior source said: "No one expected instant results from the push against the criminal gangs.
"But we're almost nine months down the track, and we'd certainly expect to see even a modest impact on gang activity by now.
"Instead, what we're seeing is record numbers crossing the Channel, there's been no slowdown in small boat activity, quite the opposite."
So far this year, more than 6,100 Channel boat migrants have made the illegal journey to the UK.
That figure is 40 per cent up on the 4,306 who had crossed at the same point last year.
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It follows the arrival of a further 66 migrants this morning, who made the illegal journey from France.
It is the eighth straight day of migrant activity in the Channel, which has seen more than 1,700 cross since last Thursday.
GB News analysis of the figures reveals that 30,063 small boat migrants have now arrived in UK waters since the general election last July.
The grim milestone figure piles more pressure on the Prime Minister to bring in a deterrent scheme, like the previous Government’s Rwanda policy.
That plan to send small boat migrants to the East African nation for processing was scrapped by Sir Keir Starmer on his first day in office.
Sir Keir branded the Rwanda scheme a "Tory gimmick" and promised to introduce a law enforcement approach that would concentrate on going after the people smuggling gangs.
Labour created a Border Security Command and diverted millions of pounds, previously allocated for the Rwanda scheme, to the new Command.
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But maritime security sources have told GB News that law enforcement without a deterrent alongside is "doomed to failure."
One senior source said: "No one expected instant results from the push against the criminal gangs.
"But we're almost nine months down the track, and we'd certainly expect to see even a modest impact on gang activity by now.
"Instead, what we're seeing is record numbers crossing the Channel, there's been no slowdown in small boat activity, quite the opposite."
So far this year, more than 6,100 Channel boat migrants have made the illegal journey to the UK.
That figure is 40 per cent up on the 4,306 who had crossed at the same point last year.
Find Out More...