Nigel Farage tells ITV News: I would happily accept Christian refugees into Britain

Video report by ITV News' Rohit Kachroo

Nigel Farage has told ITV News he would "happily" accept Christian refugees into Britain because they have "literally got nowhere to go"

Asked whether the recent disaster in the Mediterranean had exposed his argument that immigration should be cut, Mr Farage told Rohit Kachroo: "If the rest of Europe pushes ahead with a common immigration policy I would suggest Britain should have no part of it.

"Having said that, I particularly feel for the plight of Christians who have got no where to go in that region - I would happily as a country take Christian refugees."

Asked why he would specifically accept Christian refugees, the Ukip leader said: "They've got nowhere to go, they've literally got no where to go as a direct result of what we've done in Iraq, Libya and right across that region they have found themselves homeless."