Rylan’s fiery take on illegal immigration has sparked a social media storm
This Morning star Rylan Clark interrupted the show to issue a candid statement on his views about illegal immigration, as he shared that he finds it “absolutely insane” that people come across to England on small boats to be greeted with seemingly endless luxuries, including Ipads.
He shared: “This country is built on immigration. Legal immigration — a lot of the nurses, the doctors that have saved my mum’s life have come over here from other countries. They’re living a great life, they’re paying into this tax system, they’re helping this country thrive.”
But he blasted the surge in dangerous Channel crossings, adding: “I find it absolutely insane that all these people are risking their lives coming across the Channel. And when they get here, it does seem, and I think this is why a lot of Labour voters as well are saying there’s something wrong, it feels like, ‘Welcome, come on in’. That’s the narrative we’re being fed.”
Keir Starmer is struggling to keep control of the incoming illegal migrants (Image: Getty)
The intervention comes amid growing tensions over the Government’s handling of asylum accommodation after a court ruling blocked plans to use certain sites. At least 10 councils are preparing to challenge relocation schemes, while ministers insist hotels will be phased out by the end of the Parliament.
Rylan continued: “Here’s the iPad. Here’s the NHS in reception of your hotel. Here’s three meals a day. Here’s a games room in the hotel. Have a lovely time and welcome.” He went on to contrast this with people already living in Britain who are struggling.
“There are people that have lived here all their lives that are struggling. They’re homeless. Let’s not even discuss our homeless. There are people living on the streets, veterans, all of this.”
Rylan stressed he wasn’t simply “getting on a soapbox” but said frustration is mounting because the debate is so polarising. “Let me be honest, everyone’s going to have an opinion about this and you’re going to upset someone,” he added.
The former X-Factor star also commented on the difficulties many British citizens face when travelling compared to those who enter the country illegally.
He continued: “Something Major needs to be done about this,” he said. “The money that it’s costing us, the amount of people that are in this country that we have no idea who they are, what they’ve done, what they’re capable of – and clearly we see a lot of it in the press at the moment. Not all, but some, what some are doing to people in this country.
“How can it be that if I turn up at Heathrow Airport as a British citizen and I’ve left my passport in Spain, I’ve got to stand at that airport and won’t be let in,” he blasted. “But if I arrive on a boat from Calais, I get taken to a four-star hotel?”
He finished: “If I went to Spain, without one, I wouldn’t be let in. So how come if you turn up on a small boat you are.”
On social media, viewers erupted with applause for the star, as they declared him a “legend” for speaking “the truth”. One wrote: “Yes, somebody saying what the vast number of British citizens are saying on TV. #thismorning.”
