Nigel Farage has said he thinks Labour’s plans to move migrants more widely across the country will make people “absolutely furious” and believes the policy will “massively backfire” on the Government.
The MP for Clacton said scenes in Northern Ireland also showed a “deeper, underlying problem” of mass immigration which went beyond “dangerous yobs”.
Speaking on GB News, Nigel Farage said: “I’ve said Parliament should be recalled. I think some of the scenes we saw at the weekend were so worrying, the threat to life is at a level where it needs to be discussed and debated.
“And actually Parliament, particularly given parliamentary privilege, which gives people the freedom to really say what they think, without fear of being prosecuted for viable or whatever it may be, I’m sure it will be a very lively debate, and that’s putting it quite mildly.
“Interestingly, the Stormont Assembly is coming back to debate this issue. I never thought I’d see in my life, people marching through the streets of Belfast, one carrying an Ulster flag, arm in arm with someone carrying the Irish tricolour.
“[They are ] remarkable scenes, both groups saying they’re worried about levels of mass migration into the island of Ireland. This is why I say there is a deeper underlying problem than just some very dangerous yobs setting fire to hotels. So I think there is a big problem.
“Once [the policy] gets out, you wait. You wait. So rather than putting people in RAF Wethersfield or Scampton or the Bibi Stockholm or hotels – over 400 at one point – now they’re going to be put into private accommodation, into council accommodation.
“That means, if your kids are trying to get on the social housing list, they’re lower down the queue. If you want to buy rent somewhere that becomes more expensive. This policy is going to backfire massively on Labour.
“They have made a massive mistake here, and I tell you what, the numbers crossing the Channel will not be going down. We’re into these Summer months, well over 3,000 have come since Keir Starmer came to power.
“The idea that the limited amount of affordable housing stock that we have, either social or private, is going to be squeezed further by young men that cross the English Channel is going to make people absolutely furious.
“It won’t cut the bill at all. In fact, it’ll probably be more expensive, but it’ll just stop the visibility of hotels in town centres.”