'Driving Britons potty!' Nigel Farage tears into UK asylum system in scathing rant: 'Something is very wrong'

"The one thing the newspapers keep reporting on that makes people jolly angry is that about one in three of those who claim asylum are granted asylum under what are called 'exceptional circumstances'," he said.

Noting the frustration felt by Britons about such cases, he fumed: "These stories have driven people absolutely potty, for example, a Pakistani man jailed for child sex offences, but he couldn't be deported because there are exceptional circumstances, it would be unduly harsh on his children.

"And there was a chicken nuggets case. What's really going on here?"

Farage highlighted the substantial financial commitment Britain has made to France in efforts to prevent Channel crossings.

He noted that since 2014, the UK has provided France with £800 million to address the issue.

"Back in '23 Rishi Sunak promised another £467million to give to the French to stop the boats coming.

That following on from all the monies we've given since 2014; it's an incredible £800million we've given the French," Farage stated.

Farage questioned the fairness of the system, asking: "What about the undue hardship some of these people inflicted on British people?"

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Farage attributed these controversial decisions to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, stating his case for wanting to leave the ECHR.

He explained: "I’ve always argued we should leave the ECHR. You can see why when exceptional circumstances apply to a third of cases, something's very wrong."

Sharing more detail on Article 8, former Government Lawyer Amar Johal admitted that the case for "exceptional circumstances" being applied to asylum seekers is becoming "far from exceptional".

Johal told GB News: "Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights guarantees you a right to private and family life, and so in circumstances where you'd otherwise not have a right to remain in the UK, you can apply to remain based on your Article 8 rights, and that is applied based on Home Office guidance and rules.

"So if it would cause undue hardship to yourself, your family or your children or your partner. This is supposed to be applied in exceptional circumstances, but it's become far from exceptional."

Delivering his verdict on the Government seeking to "clarify the framework" on asylum applications, Johal cast doubt on the move being effective.

He concluded: "This is what's driven the Government to seek to clarify the framework where Article 8 is applied, but I don't think that will make much of a difference.

"The reason it's in the immigration guidance is Theresa May tried that same idea back in 2012, and so the courts have a very different idea from the Home Office about how these rights should be applied."