More than 10,000 small boat migrants have crossed the Channel since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister, GB News can exclusively reveal.
Mr Burnham, who replaced Sir Keir Starmer in No10 on July 20, saw his tally surge by 1,610 in just four days after more than two weeks of no new arrivals.
The People’s Channel revealed 480 migrants arrived on British shores today, with 259 crossing on Saturday and 671 making the trip on Friday.
Mr Burnham’s total now stands at 10,139, averaging at 97.5 per day.
Mr Burnham’s daily score is worse than the recorded average under Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak.
It is also only marginally lower than the average registered during Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership, with 77,183 arrivals balancing out at 103.6.
Labour’s total since the 2024 General Election now stands at 87,259, which is around the same size as towns such as Grimsby and Guildford.
Meanwhile, the figure under the Tories finished at 127,896 between January 2018 and July 2024.
Despite GB News’s analysis finding Mr Burnham’s record is currently worse than three out of five of his predecessors, the Prime Minister defends his record by pointing out small boat crossings are down compared to the same point in 2025.
Speaking in his keynote speech at the Labour Party Conference in September, the Prime Minister said: “People arriving on small boats down 40 per cent on the last year, 50 per cent from the early 2020s.”
The decrease stood at 39 per cent as of November 1, with 2026 set to record the fewest Channel crossings in a year since 2021.
However, 22,608 have still made the 21-mile journey so far this calendar year.
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said: “Over 1,200 illegal migrants have broken into Britain since Thursday.
“Dutch economists found each illegal migrant costs their taxpayers’ £330,000.
“The UK Government’s MAC has cited this research. So, our lack of borders since Thursday will cost us roughly around £396million.”
Despite pressure mounting on the Prime Minister, Mr Burnham found himself at loggerheads with his own Home Secretary over the small boats crisis.
GB News revealed earlier this month that the Prime Minister was facing fury from Ms Mahmood’s supporters after undermining his Home Secretary by blaming Brexit for the migrant crisis.
He said: “The reason the small boats crisis has arisen is because we can’t return people, and people know we can’t do that in the same way that we used to be able to do.”
Speaking just a few hours later, Ms Mahmood said: “The Dublin regulation, of which we were part; in our last five years in it, we did not deport as many people as we managed to under our agreement with France.”
During the final years of UK membership of the EU, Britain received 3,830 migrants under the Dublin Agreement compared to just 1,253 being transferred out.
A Home Office spokesman recently told GB News: “We have made progress tackling the small boats.
“Crossings are down significantly, and we have just recorded the lowest number of summer arrivals since 2020.
“Joint efforts with international partners have prevented over 50,000 crossing attempts and seized 1,100 boats and engines since the election.
“But we must go further. That’s why we are boosting the number of officers on the ground in France and removing the pull factors drawing people here through illegal and dangerous routes.”
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