German Chancellor Angela Merkel has encouraged more refugees to risk their lives in attempts to reach Europe by saying her country would take more asylum-seekers, the leader of Britain's anti-European Union UK Independence Party (UKIP) said on Friday.
UK's Farage says Merkel stoking refugee crisis
Nigel Farage said he was appalled by the photographs of a dead three-year Syrian boy washed up on a beach in Turkey and said there was a risk of more deaths because Europe has said it plans to accept more refugees.
UK's Farage says Merkel stoking Europe's refugee crisis
Recommended articles
Nigel Farage said he was appalled by the photographs of a dead three-year Syrian boy washed up on a beach in Turkey and said there was a risk of more deaths because Europe has said it plans to accept more refugees.
"The question we need to ask ourselves is how do we prevent more appalling photographs like that? How do we prevent things like the 71 people who were found dead in the back of that truck in Austria the other day," Farage said.
Merkel's stance had increased the incentive for people to try to reach Europe and the images of migrants trying to cram onto trains at a Budapest railway station this week looked like the beginning of a "stampede," he said.
ADVERTISEMENT
"It is a very dangerous thing, I think, that she has done," Farage said at the launch of UKIP's campaigning ahead of Britain's EU membership referendum, due before the end of 2017.
He added: "I genuinely think and believe that Chancellor Merkel, compounding the pull factors this week, is more likely to make us see more of those kind of photographs."
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng
Recommended articles
Ogun govt training herbalists to compete in world traditional medicine market
NNPP founder accuses Kwankwaso of betrayal, threatens legal action
2 students fall and die trying to take a selfie at waterfall
VP Shettima calls on academics to contribute to Nigeria's security, prosperity
Elon Musk threatens to suspend Twitter accounts involved in engagement farming
'Yahaya Bello' - Kogi parliament told to begin impeachment process of Gov Ododo
NCDC intervenes as 8 die, Sokoto's mysterious illness remains unidentified
He helps deprived Nigerians of all faiths - Obi's aide denies religious politics
Otu allocates ₦100m to improve school children's nutrition, learning, health
Pulse Sports
Lionel Messi's son breaks the internet after scoring five goals for Inter Miami
Naija Stars Abroad: Onyedika, Boniface, and Osimhen shine across Europe
Victor Osimhen and Tobi Amusan make list of Forbes’ 30 under 30 Class of 2024
ADVERTISEMENT
![The woman was recorded, among others, while bathing [BI]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'300'%20height%3D'172'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "The woman was recorded, among others, while bathing [BI]")