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…

Yvette Cooper delivered her conference speech, lauding the triumph of Labour’s Border Security Command, scrapping the Rwanda scheme and harking on about her “serious government” knowing “that immigration is important”. So far, Labour’s “tough” stance on migration hasn’t exactly been a roaring success…

This weekend, 1,424 migrants crossed the English Channel, bringing the total this year so far to over 25,000 – at this pace, figures will soon soar past last year’s tally. Meanwhile, Asylum minister Angela Eagle admitted to Labour conference that one in five small boat migrants are claiming they are children, meaning border control are much more lenient and migrants “get a better deal”. This comes as a leading EU asylum expert, Gerald Knaus, has said the Rwanda scheme “would have worked”. Not something the Home Secretary should be touting as a successful scrap just yet then. No wonder Cooper kept her speech rather short today…

Labour are continuing to smash new records. Over 10,000 illegal migrants have now crossed the English Channel since they took the keys to Downing Street, bringing the total this year to 23,598. Over 100 more in Starmer’s first 75 days than Boris’ first year in government…

Meanwhile, Home Secretary Cooper still can’t detail a proper plan, refusing to say when the numbers will come down. Empty slogans like “smashing the gangs” clearly aren’t working. Labour’s achievements so far: popularity plummeting in record time, releasing record numbers of criminals from prison early, and now hitting the 10,000 Channel crossings mark…

After another weekend of record-high Channel boat crossings, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper was asked (not by her husband this time) on BBC Breakfast when Labour would bring down the number of illegal (or as Labour calls it, “irregular”) Channel migrant crossings. She couldn’t answer the question…

Asked three times when boat crossings would fall and whether she had a target date, Cooper dodged the question, repeating the empty line: “We need to make progress as fast as possible because no one should be making these dangerous boat crossings.” Meanwhile, Starmer hinted yesterday at sending asylum seekers to a third country, similar to the Rwanda scheme, as he prepares to learn from Italian Prime Minister Meloni’s “strong ideas” today. As expected, the slogan “smashing the gangs” is not deterrent enough…

Low-skilled migrants are costing the taxpayer a staggering £150,000 each, according to the latest findings from the OBR. The tax watchdog revealed that migrants coming to Britain are draining public resources, such as the NHS, while the tax they contribute is minimal, as low-skilled migrants earn half the average wage. And these are legal migrants…

By the time a low-skilled migrant who’s come to the UK aged 25 reaches pension age at 66, they’ve already cost the taxpayer £151,000. And if they make it to 80, the bill skyrockets to nearly £500,000. Bear in mind the price tag doesn’t include education or other youth services. So the bill for the taxpayer could be even higher for low-skilled migrants who come to the UK before the age of 25… 

Meanwhile, the average British-born worker actually boosts the economy by £280,000 over their lifetime. As Starmer vows to crack down on cheap labour and spiralling migration (net migration hit a record 764,000 last year), these figures highlight the sheer cost to the public purse. And these are just the migrants who actually have jobs…

Out-of-work migrants are costing the taxpayer an eye-watering £8.5 billion a year, according to a new report from the Centre for Migration Control. This comes as ONS figures reveal a record 1,689,000 non-UK nationals are either out of work or simply not bothering to look for a job. And that excludes students and asylum seekers…

Meanwhile, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has blasted the Home Office for repeatedly overspending on asylum support, exceeding the budget by a whopping £7.6 billion over the last three years. Illegal channel migrant crossings continue to surge as well, with over 20,000 migrants crossing in 2024 so far. This expensive issue will leave Labour in choppy waters…