Rishi Sunak claims Sir Keir Starmer's plans to seek an EU-wide returns agreement as part of a deal to help stop people smuggling gangs, could result in the UK accepting 100,000 migrants from the bloc every year. The Prime Minister tells reporters during a visit in Devon: "Keir Starmer spent all of this year voting against our stop the boats bill, the toughest legislation that any government has passed to tackle illegal migration”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Well, Keir Starmer spent all of this year voting against our Stop the Boats Bill,
00:04 the toughest legislation that any government has passed to tackle illegal migration.
00:08 I think he spent most of last year voting against a previous bill,
00:11 which has since then led to almost 700 arrests related to organised immigration crime.
00:17 So I don't think it's credible that he really wants to grip this problem,
00:20 and his plans today seem to amount to saying that we might one day accept 100,000 EU migrants every year.
00:28 That doesn't seem like a credible plan to me to stop the boats.
00:31 Meanwhile, we are getting on and delivering.
00:33 For the first time ever this year, the number of small boat arrivals is down by almost a fifth.
00:39 The number of illegal migrants crossing from Albania is down by 90%.
00:43 We've got a plan, the plan is delivering, and I'm determined to stop the boats.