The Reform UK leader has exploded after new research has found that illegal migrants outnumbers the British Armed Forces.
Migrant Watch said their research has found that 181,326 migrants have crossed the English Channel since 2018.
The British Armed Forces has 180,779 personnel, Nigel Farage wrote on X, “There are now more Channel migrants in the UK than we have active military personnel.
“This is a national security emergency, and I have said so for years.
Alp Mehmet, Chairman of Migration Watch, said: “Military age men are pouring into Britain across the Channel.
Enforcing a border is the most basic responsibility of a government, but Keir Starmer has failed to do even that.
“Illegal Channel crossings are now a major political crisis, and pose a real and present threat to our national security.”
Shadow Home Office minister Katie Lam told the Daily Express, “The fact that more people have illegally crossed the Channel in small boats since 2018 than we have serving in the British Armed Forces is a staggering indictment of Britain’s broken borders. But Labour have no credible plan to stop the crisis.
“The truth is the only policy that will deliver a credible deterrent is detain and deport. Until we detain every illegal migrant and quickly deport them to either their home country or safe third country the crossings will continue to rise and criminal gangs will continue to grow richer. Enforcing our borders is the most basic duty of government but Labour is failing.”
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