GB News migrant row explodes as Reform councillor rages 'it's an invasion!'
A migrant row erupted on GB News (Image: GB News)Tensions flared on GB News as journalist Nina Myskow and Reform UK Councillor Russell Quirk clashed over the small boat crisis. On Tuesday, it was reported that nearly 1,000 migrants had crossed the English Channel via small boat in six days. The Home Office has now been accused of "covering up" the number of authorities wanting to put asylum seekers in new council houses. Myskow argued that no one can object to the type of people living next door to them, especially if it’s because of their race or religion.Quirk hit back: "It's perfectly legitimate to object to a tide of illegal immigration, largely men that are coming here, not women and children. Illegal immigration is. It's an absolute fact that it's illegal. When the 79-year-old demanded that Quirk not use language like "tide", he remarked: "Let me use another word – invasion."Disagreeing, Myskow declared: "It's not an invasion. You're catastrophising it."Quirk retorted: "Of course it's an invasion. If 50,000 people that we didn't know up on our shores in one day, we'd call it an invasion. Only 8,000 people invaded us in 1066 for goodness sake."Defending the government, Myskow believes that Keir Starmer and Labour MPs are trying to deal with the situation as best they can, sparking a snigger from Quirk."Come on," he could be heard muttering under his breath.When Myskow claimed that the Labour government has deported 60,000 people, Quirk immediately responded: "No they haven't. Most of those are voluntarily with our money. They took £3,000 to go."Myskow made the point that those asylum seekers are now gone, but Quirk shut her down once again."No they haven't. Most of them are coming back through that revolving door that we've installed in Dover," he fumed.A frustrated Myskow snapped back: "Russell. Stop it. They have gone and the Tories didn't get rid of them."Asked whether she thinks the migrant crisis is getting better or worse, the TV personality responded: "Once Shabana Mahmood's laws come into action, then it will change. I think they will squash this."Quirk questioned how the situation has improved as he claimed Labour has let 70,000 boat migrants into the UK in 20 months.When Myskow began making a point about net migration, Quirk intercepted, leading her to snap: "Can I finish a sentence please, Russell? Under the Tories in 2023, net migration was nearly one million. Last year, it was down to just 200,000."Tensions hit boiling point as Quirk interjected once again, prompting Myskow to fume: "Stop it! I don't like you interrupting me. Every second word I try to get out, you jump on me."Mark Littlewood added: "The net migration numbers can fall because Brits, who we would like to stay here, have decided to flee the country. That's what's getting the net numbers down, millionaires leaving."
