Sky News aired a revealing report today, featuring an interview with a 24-year-old migrant who had been staying at a Hull hotel that was targeted during the summer riots. The man, who arrived in the UK from Yemen a few months before via a small boat across the Channel, praised the Labour government for granting him the right to “remain to live” in the UK, securing his residency status. He said he was “happy” that Labour is in power:

“The previous government, they wanted to deport us but now they are making the procedure easier for us.”

Meanwhile, latest ONS figures show that the UK’s population has increased by 1% – the largest increase on record since 1971 – as 662,400 more people are now living in Britain thanks to net migration. Labour’s pledge to cut migration and crack down on Channel crossings was always an empty promise…