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Wilfred Frost and Kay Burley suggested Labour ministers were "running for hills".
Keir Starmer also poured cold water on the failed policy, saying the UK would "not ever" leave the ECHR.
The local MP called for the Reform UK leader to apologise after his controversial tweet.
"It's invented, isn't it, James?" Labour's Yvette Cooper said.
Critics said it was a "gimmick" ahead of tomorrow's local elections.
More than 40,000 asylum seekers have now crossed the Channel since he became prime minister.
The former home secretary's latest outburst came in the wake of the Commons Gaza vote chaos.
Nearly 30,000 asylum seekers made the perilous voyage across the English Channel in 2023.
Another fine mess for the "chaotic and hopeless Tory government".
“This is the desperate dying days of a party ripping itself apart," says Labour frontbencher as departing immigration minister dodges Commons.