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“Because when I was in Calais, the police, the army, the security services told us every single young male that was in the camps in Calais will at some stage get to our shores, be put in a hotel and then they’ll be able to go through the asylum process and eventually claim asylum. It’s absolute nonsense.

“Starmer mentioned he would smash the gangs, it will get worse and worse. And that spineless lot over there, these cowards over there have not acquired the spine or the political will to type this out. It may be sorted out in a matter of weeks.”

Research by the House of Commons Library found 22,476 crossing attempts were stopped last year, down from 23,923 in 2021, 33,000 in 2022 and 26,000 in 2023.

It comes after Reform’s new home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf said the UK is being “invaded” by migrants as he pitched Reform’s mass deportation programme as the biggest in UK history.

Under a Reform government, the party would set up the unit to “observe down, detain and deport” folks within the nation illegally, aiming for as much as 288,000 folks annually.

Reform has mentioned it might anticipate to deport greater than 600,000 in its first time period in authorities.