Richard Tice hit out at Rishi Sunak after a record day for small boat arrivals so far this year.
Some 534 people in 10 boats were detected crossing the English Channel on Sunday marking the highest number on a single day in 2024 to date.
It takes the provisional total for this year to 6,265, which is 28 percent higher than at the same point last year.
Reacting to the figures, Reform UK leader Mr Tice told the Express: “Mr Sunak has lied to the British people. Instead of stopping the boats, he has increased the boats. Rwanda is a wasteful farce; no deterrent, just a con.”
The Nigel Farage-linked party has set out a six-point plan to tackle the small boats crisis including picking up and returning migrants to France and quitting the European Convention on Human Rights.
It comes as the Prime Minister is braced for fresh wrangling over his Rwanda Bill today as MPs and peers return from Easter recess.
MPs will consider amendments to the Safety of Rwanda Bill by the House of Lords, which inflicted a series of defeats against the controversial before rising for the spring break.
Peers are expected to mull the Bill tomorrow and could then send it back to the Commons with amendments later in the week, prolonging the process known as parliamentary ping-pong where legislation is batted between the two Houses.
The Bill is aimed at getting the plan to send asylum seekers on a one-way ticket to Kigali off the ground after the Supreme Court ruled against it.
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins yesterday insisted the Home Office is “ready to go” in implementing the plan when the Bill gets on to the statute books.
She suggested flights carrying asylum seekers to Kigali should be taking off “within weeks”.
Meanwhile, it has been reported that Britain has also approached countries including Costa Rica, Armenia, Ivory Coast, and Botswana in a bid to replicate the scheme.
A Government spokesperson said Britain is “continuing to work with a range of international partners to tackle global illegal migration challenges”.
They said: “Our focus right now is passing the Safety of Rwanda Bill, which builds on the Illegal Migration Act, and putting plans in place to get flights off the ground as soon as possible.”
