Labour has taken the blame for Channel migrants arriving at record speeds under Keir Starmer.
Baroness Smith of Malvern- who’s serving as Minister of State for Skills – admitted the Government “hasn’t managed to tackle” Channel crossings by migrants as the number of arrivals into Britain tops 50,000.
Figures show 474 small boat migrants arrived on Monday alone.
It brings the total figure since Sir Keir Starmer came into power in July, 2024, to 50,227.
The milestone has been reached seven months faster than under Starmer’s Conservative predecessor Rishi Sunak.
Labour former home secretary Baroness Smith of Malvern, branded the number “unacceptable”.
While she admitted the Government had failed to get a grip on the number of arrivals, she didn’t admit fault by her party.
Baroness Smith told Sky News: “This is a problem that has, up to this point, we haven’t managed to tackle in terms of the numbers who are coming here
“But it is a completely legitimate claim to say that is happening is the result of the last government who chose to focus on gimmicks, through the Rwanda scheme which returned four volunteers.”
The number of small boat arrivals has topped 50,000 since Starmer came into power
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She added: “We’re taking responsibility. I don’t believe it was our fault that it was enabled to take root in the way in which it has done by a Government who failed to do what was necessary at that point that this Government has been doing for the last year.”
