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Italian police confirmed they had seized eight men on Wednesday behind a speedboat smuggling ring that ran people, including possible jihadists, to Sicily from Tunisia. Operations were headed by a Tunisian man who used his Facebook account to spread Islamic State (IS) propaganda. The Former UKIP leader voiced his fear that weak borders in Europe contributed to the terrorist threat from ISIS in the UK.

Mr Farage said: “Four years ago when the Mediterranean crisis broke. “I said in the European Parliament we must not let our compassion imperil our civilisation because ISIS will use the Mediterranean route to get their operatives into Europe. “Sure enough last year we were warned by Interpol that up to 50 Jihadis had come from Tunisia into Italy already and today this gang have been found and busted for bringing Jihadis in." Italian police officials said following the arrests: ”The group was a real and concrete threat to national security because it was able to offer many irregular migrants a secret sea passage that was safe and fast. “The route to Sicily was particularly attractive to subjects sought by Tunisian law enforcement for past crimes or because suspected to be connected to religiously motivated terrorist groups."

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Using speedboats, the smugglers reached the southwest coast of Sicily within three-and-a-half hours carrying a handful of migrants and often other contraband. Mr Farage closed by saying: “What clearer lesson can there be of the great self-harm you can do to your nation to your civilisation and to the safety of your citizens if you don’t send out the message that people cannot just illegally come into your country. “I see what's going on today down in Texas and I would say to Americans just look at this news story. “Look at ISIS preying on the weakness of governments over borders. “And that tells me Trump is absolutely right about everything he is saying.” President Trump’s most infamous campaign promise - a fortified wall at the border with Mexico - has been the focal point of a recent 19-day federal government shutdown.