'It is shocking, if inevitable, milestone'

SIR Keir Starmer was blasted last night after Channel migrant arrivals under Labour surged past 50,000 in record time.

- By Michael Knowles

A total of 400 migrants were found in small boats yesterday, meaning the 50,000 mark was breached 401 days after the PM entered No10. Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick declared: “The situation in the Channel is nothing short of scandalous. The record levels of crossings are causing incalculable levels of harm to the country.It took 603 days of Rishi Sunak’s Premiership for the total of small boat migrants to pass 50,000 and 1,066 days under Boris Johnson.

Mr Jenrick went on: “Express readers deserve so much better than this useless Prime Minister.

“Starmer talked the talk about ‘smash the gangs’ but they're smashing him in the face day after day. The gangs are safely going about their business knowing they'll almost certainly not be caught or prosecuted.

“These migrants transform the character of our communities. Nobody wants to live in areas with illegal migrants from backward cultures in the parks and outside the school gates. Nor do they want their hard-earned money being spent on illegal migrants when ordinary Brits are struggling.”