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Nigel Farage has welcomed Donald Trump’s Muslim ban, despite being unable to name a US terror attack committed by a refugee.

It came just months after Farage himself said Trump’s plan to ban Muslims from travelling to America made him feel “uncomfortable.”

He told the BBC's Sunday Politics: "He’s entitled to do this. He was voted in on this ticket."

Asked specifically if he agreed with the ban, he said: "Well I do. Because I think that if you just look at what is happening in France and Germany after Mrs Merkel’s policy on this which was to let everybody in from virtually anywhere, look what it’s led to.

Asked about his 2013 comments saying it was the responsibility of every Western country to help people from Syria fleeing their for lives, he said: “That’s right, the Christian community in many of those countries - it’s almost too late, because most of them have been wiped out.

"But I did make the point that if you’re looking for a genuine definition of a refugee…it is somebody who is in direct fear of persecution or their life because of their race, religion or beliefs.

He said he’d be in favour of “proper” refugees being allowed into the country “if they can be defined.”

He said since he made those comments “we’ve had the Merkel madness - and I think that Trump’s policy in many ways has been shaped by what Mrs Merkel did. He’s fully entitled to do this and as far as we’re concerned in this country - yes, I’d like to see extreme vetting.”

Asked if he could name a single terror attack in the United States that had been committed by refugees, he admitted he could not.

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“In fact the terrorist events that have happened in America have been US citizens who have been radicalised in America.

“But when you’ve got a problem already, why on Earth would you wish to add to it?”

He said attacks in Europe had been committed by people posing as refugees.

But host Andrew Neil noted the US already has one of the toughest immigration checks in the world - especially for refugees.

Refugees must be recommended to the US via a United Nations agency, and must undergo biometric checks and screening from four federal agencies.

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Asked what the point of a ban was, he said: “This is why we have elections. Elections so that voters can make choices. And they voted for Donald Trump to become president - and he said he would put bans in place and then move towards extreme vetting.

“As far as Syria’s concerned he’s made that decision, but that’s what he was voted in for.”