GETTY Geert Wilders said the Netherlands must call for an EU referendum

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Speaking at the Republican convention in Cleveland, Mr Wilders said: "We have to regain control. We would hold a referendum for what we call Nexit, to toughen up our immigration policies. "It will not be done by Brussels and the European Union, you must become a sovereign nation again to do it." He said, while law-abiding Muslims already in the country would be allowed to remain, no migrants from Muslim countries would be allowed access.

He said: "You cannot suggest that all Muslims are terrorists but almost all terrorists are Muslims. "If I would become the Prime Minister of the Netherlands I would close the Dutch borders to immigrants from Muslim countries immediately."

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He urged Americans to heed Mr Trump's warnings about Muslims and to ban them from entering the country too, as the presidential hopeful and Republican nominee recommended some months back. Mr Wilders said: "I think I have to agree with that kind of policy. I do not think all Muslims are bad people but I think Islam is not something that goes together with liberty and freedom. "I say to American friends, if you like Islam be seeded on your soil, don't be surprised if you harvest Sharia law."

GETTY Geert Wilders said he would ban Muslim migrants if he came to power in the Netherlands

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He said any Muslim migrants already in the Netherlands who were found guilty of crime would be "stripped of their Dutch nationality and sent packing." Mr Wilders said Mr Trump's no-nonsense approach to politics was inspiring people across the world. He said: "What you see here in the United States is quite similar to what is happening all over Europe. You see in Europe, the rise of similar parties as well.

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