Suella Braverman again rebuked by stats watchdog for saying ‘millions of migrants’ could come to UK

Home secretary told her use of UN figure does not reflect number of people ‘likely to seek asylum in UK’

Suella Braverman has been rebuked by the UK’s official statistics watchdog for suggesting that 100 million asylum seekers could come to the UK.

The home secretary was accused of inflammatory language after she claimed the “law-abiding patriotic majority” were fed up with “waves of illegal migrants breaching our border”.

Unveiling her small boats bill in March, Ms Braverman also told the Commons: “There are 100 million people around the world who could qualify for protection under our current laws. Let’s be clear – they are coming here.”