'England is my DREAM!' Asylum seeker admits illegal migrants flood to UK to get black market jobs and not pay tax

GB News last week revealed that migrant crossings have surged by 40 per cent under Sir Keir Starmer’s watch, hitting 44,000 in the Prime Minister’s first 365 days in No10.

Starmer is expected to thrash out a proposed “one-in, one-out” migrant deal with Emmanuel Macron during the French President’s ongoing state visit to the UK.

However, Macron is said to be pressuring Starmer to make the UK less appealing to illegal migrants, including by clamping down on black market employment.

In an admission about the pull factor posed by the black market, an asylum seeker in Dunkirk told Sky News: "Let me tell you - all of these people you see around you will be getting to Britain and the first job they get will be in the black market, so they won't be paying any tax.

"Back in the day in Britain, they used to welcome immigrants very well, but these days I don't think they want to, because there's too many of them coming by boat. Every day it's about seven or 800 people. That's too many people."

The Iraqi man, who spoke perfect English, added: "I know that I'm a very good guy.

“And I won't be a problem. I'll only stay in Britain for a few years and then I'll leave again."

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is now cracking down on migrants working illegally in the UK, including for delivery apps in the gig economy.

Officers have been carrying out checks in hotspots across the country where they suspect asylum seekers are working as delivery riders without permission.

“The law is clear that asylum seekers are only entitled to this support if they would otherwise be destitute,” the Home Office said.

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Businesses who are found to illegally employ migrants can also face fines of up to £60,000 per worker and potential prison time of up to five years.

Cooper said: “Illegal working undermines honest business and undercuts local wages, the British public will not stand for it and neither will this Government.

“Often those travelling to the UK illegally are sold a lie by the people-smuggling gangs that they will be able to live and work freely in this country, when in reality they end up facing squalid living conditions, minimal pay and inhumane working hours.

“We are surging enforcement action against this pull factor, on top of returning 30,000 people with no right to be here and tightening the law through our Plan for Change.”

However, other wannabe Channel crossers appeared to claim that Britain’s colonial history means that the UK has a responsibility to take in more asylum seekers.

"The British came to my country - colonising, killing, raping," a Sri Lankan national said. "And we didn't complain. We let it happen.

"I am not the problem. I won't fight anyone; I want to work. And if I break the laws - if any immigrant breaks the laws - then fine, deport them.

"I know it won't be easy - some people won't like me, some people will. But England is my dream."

Speaking in the Palace of Westminster yesterday, Macron vowed to spearhead an Anglo-French response to deal with the “clear issue” of the crisis.

The French President, who also called Brexit “deeply regrettable”, said: “France and the United Kingdom have a shared responsibility to address irregular migration with humanity, solidarity and fairness.”

Despite reports of Macron blaming the UK for the crisis, the French denied the suggestion Paris is blaming Starmer.

A senior Elysee source said: “The French president looks forward to working with the Prime Minister constructively on this shared priority.”