Nigel Farage has criticised Keir Starmer's 'one in, one out' policy after more than a thousand people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Friday.

The number of people making the crossing underlined the scale of the challenge facing Sir Keir Starmer's government as it battles to get a grip on the crisis.

The latest Home Office figures showed 1,072 made the journey in 13 boats.

Friday's arrivals take the number of people who have made the crossing so far in 2025 to 32,103 - a record for this point in a year.

Reform leader Farage took to social media on Friday to criticise the Government's new move, lamenting that '[three] illegal migrants have now been returned to France but over 1,000 arrived today alone', adding that 'the invasion is getting bigger'.