Farage puts part of blame on Cameron for migrant deaths
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has partially blamed British Prime Minister David Cameron for the latest deaths of Libyan migrants in the Mediterranean.
Farage says Cameron’s war on Libya is the “direct cause” of tragedies afflicting migrants trying to escape via the Mediterranean Sea. UKIP says the war has destabilized the North African country and caused mass migration of Libyans. He also assured he would not have a problem accepting refugee applications of “some Christians from those countries.”
Farage believes the war on Libya was “the biggest foreign policy mistake” Cameron made as prime minister and likened the situation to former premier Tony Blair and the Iraq war.
"The fanaticism of former French president Sarkozy and Cameron to bomb Libya - and what they've done is to completely destabilize Libya, to turn it into a country with much savagery, to turn it into a place where for Christians the situation is virtually impossible.
“We ought to be honest and admit we have directly caused this problem.”
"There were no migrants coming across from Libya in these quantities before we bombed the country, got rid of the then Libyan leader Gaddafi and destabilized the situation." Farage added.
However, rival political parties defended the move on Libya and accused Farage of scoring “cheap political points”. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: “I don't regret supporting intervention with other countries in stopping what would have been an absolute blood bath.”
On Sunday, a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean, with most passengers now being feared dead. Reports say at least 900 other migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean Sea in other incidents this year.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) described the latest episode as the worst of its kind so far.
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