Overview

• During Wednesday’s This Morning, Clark said “something major needs to be done” about illegal migration and questioned hotel support for small‑boat arrivals.
• He praised legal migrants, noting that NHS staff from overseas “saved my mum’s life” and “are paying into this tax system.”
• Hours later, he wrote on Instagram and X, “You can be pro immigration and against illegal routes,” urging more nuanced conversation.
• Reaction was mixed, with praise from figures including Tommy Robinson and Thomas Skinner and criticism from viewers and artists such as Bimini.
• Reports placed the exchange within the wider UK immigration debate, citing Reform UK’s mass‑deportation pledge, protests at asylum hotels, and a High Court order affecting a site in Essex.