Middle class areas will have to take in more migrants, Andy Burnham said on Tuesday.The Prime Minister said he would make sure arrivals were not only placed in the 'poorest communities'.'All parts of the country need to play their part,' Mr Burnham added. His vow that more affluent families would have to accept asylum seekers near their homes came as the number of Channel crossings under his premiership passed the 3,000 mark.Official Home Office figures confirmed that 230 people were aboard the record 'mega-dinghy' that was brought into Dover on Monday.That pushed the total since Labour came to power – beginning with the day after the General Election in July 2024 – past the 80,000 mark.In comparison with Mr Burnham, Keir Starmer's first 22 days as PM saw 2,258 small-boat migrants reach Britain. When pressed on where asylum seekers would be housed, the Prime Minister said wealthier parts of the UK would need to 'play their part'.Mr Burnham was asked on GB News about a 1,200-strong migrant camp being set up near the Oxfordshire village of Piddington, which locals fear would overwhelm the population of 400. Around 30 migrants floating in the Channel after being flung from the mega-dinghy (left) A dramatic photo released by the French lifeboat service showed the boat almost sinking The boat after it carried on its journey with a record-breaking 160 migrants onboard Migrants run towards the beach to board the dinghy at a beach in northern France on Tuesday