WATCH: Mel Stride unleashes furious rant at  Labour for 'record high' channel crossings

Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 15/05/2025

- 13:28

Starmer is visiting Albania to announce an expanded crackdown on migrant smuggling gangs in the Balkans

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride has launched a scathing attack on Labour's approach to tackling migration, claiming the government has failed to stem the flow of small boat crossings.

Speaking to GB News, Stride highlighted that 12,000 migrants have crossed the Channel this year, which he described as "a record this year, under a government that said it was going to reverse those numbers."

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