Harry Redknapp claims Britain is ‘overrun’ with migrants after 60,000 storm Spain enclave

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Former Premier League manager Harry Redknapp believes Britain has become ‘overrun’ with illegal migrants and claimed his hometown Bournemouth has become akin to a ‘third-world country’.

Redknapp made the comments in a live interview with TalkTV on Friday as he reacted to images of migrants crossing into Spain’s North African territory of Ceuta over the past two days.

Around 60,000 Moroccans have crossed into the Spanish enclave, overwhelming border guards and prompting Spain to deploy its military to restore the border.

At least 43 people have died during the crossing, which has seen a major influx after Spain’s Supreme Court ruled that migrants stopped at sea while trying to reach Ceuta cannot be summarily returned to Morocco.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez described the situation as an ‘attack’, while Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the unfolding crisis was ‘concerning’ as he vowed to provide support to the Spanish government.

Speaking with Jeremy Kyle, former football manager Redknapp claimed the migrants would eventually make their way to the United Kingdom as they know it to be ‘the land of milk and honey’.

‘What amazes me when I watch all them pictures, they’re all young blokes,’ he said on TalkTV. ‘Where are the women? Is there no women?

FNIDEQ, MOROCCO - JULY 31: Moroccan security forces monitor crowds gathered along the coastline near the border with Ceuta as irregular migrants attempt to reach the Spanish-administered territory, on July 31, 2026 in Fnideq, Morocco. Authorities blocked roads across the northern city and deployed additional security measures to prevent migrants from reaching Ceuta, the Spanish-administered territory in North Africa. (Photo by Hicham Rachidi/Anadolu via Getty Images) — 60,000 Moroccans have crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (Picture: Getty)

Migrants return to Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Sempere) — Some migrants have already begun to return to Morocco (Picture: Getty)

‘They’ve got no intention of going back. They make their way here. They know this is the land of milk and honey.

‘So we accept it all and it’s getting overrun. This country’s overrun. I live in Bournemouth and Bournemouth town centre is absolutely gone.’

Redknapp continued: ‘I had some friends come down the other week, and they said they thought we were in a third-world country.

‘I mean, walking down the old Christchurch road down that way now, it’s sad how it’s gone.’

Harry Redknapp on day three of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse. Picture date: Thursday March 13, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story RACING Cheltenham. Photo credit should read: Mike Egerton/PA Wire. RESTRICTIONS: Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder. — Former Premier League manager Harry Redknapp (Picture: PA)

Redknapp, who turned 79 earlier this year, enjoyed stints at Tottenham, West Ham and Portsmouth during his long managerial career.

The Englishman most famously won the FA Cup with Portsmouth in 2008 and later took Tottenham into the modern-day Champions League for the first time in its history in 2010-11.

Last year, Redknapp came in for criticism after a video emerged showing him appearing to make a Nazi salute as he labelled England boss Thomas Tuchel ‘a German spy’.

‘I’ll be honest with you, I think he’s a German spy,’ Redknapp said at an event in London. ‘I’m telling you. Seriously, he’s been sent over to f**k us up. He has. I’m telling ya, he’s like Lord Haw-Haw in the war – ‘We have your best soldiers captured’ and all that.’

Redknapp later attempted to walk back the comments, insisting the comments were a ‘joke that badly backfired’.

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