Andy Burnham was accused of 'being out of touch with reality' after migrants were seen clamouring to cross the UK just hours after the Prime Minister insisted 'the plan is working' on stopping small boat crossings. 'We are now seeing mega dinghies - "Burnham Boats" - with over 150 migrants on board. 'By saying there's no problem Andy Burnham is showing he is out of touch with reality - a reality I have just witnessed on the Channel with my own eyes.' But latest Home Office statistics show some 881 migrants arrived in the UK on small boats in the first week of Mr Burnham's premiership. They arrived in a total of 13 vessels, with one 'mega-dinghy' on Thursday carrying a record 165 migrants across the Channel.