Ukip leader Nigel Farage admits he prefers Indian, Australian immigrants over east Europeans

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has reportedly gone on record to say that he would prefer immigrants from India and Australian to eastern Europeans, despite claiming that his party would not discriminate against immigrants on the basis of nationality.

He made the statement when BBC presenter Evan Davis asked him if he would prefer immigrants from some nations over others. Farage explained his preference by saying that people from India and Australia were more likely to "speak English, understand common law and have a connection with this country" as opposed to others who come from countries that haven't fully recovered from being behind the iron curtain, reported The Guardian.

In the past, Farage had often claimed to be the only party leader who had a "non-discriminatory" approach towards immigrants as his party, Ukip, would not give preference to EU migrants over those from the rest of the world.

The leader also suggested that his party sometimes used heightened rhetoric about immigrants in order to get noticed.

Farage claimed that his party's general election campaign did not employ any negative tone and therefore, no longer needed to make the negative comments on the effect that immigration has had on "primary school places, on healthcare provision, on wage compression.