THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A senior Ukip politician has said Kosovo should not be allowed to join the European Union because Britain "already has enough" criminals.
Gerard Batten, a Ukip MEP, said people from the "lawless" country should not get an open door to come to Britain.
"We already have plenty of criminals from Kosovo in London, despite the fact it's not yet a member of the EU," he said.
"EU entry would enable yet more to come. We already have enough, thank you very much."
Mr Batten later told The Daily Telegraph: "UKIP opposes the entry of all new states to the EU because it gives their citizens automatic entry to Britiain.
"Kosovo is a particularly bad example because it is a poor, lawless state with rampant criminality. We don't want to give an open door invite to more criminals from Kosovo, we have enough already. Just look at the crime statistics for Romanians in London for example." » | Rowena Mason, Political Correspondent | Friday, April 19, 2013
