Speaking on his LBC show, Farage insisted that more had to be done to put a stop to grooming gangs. <\/p>\n
The remarks came after a court hearing earlier this week which saw 17 men and one woman convicted of rape, sexual assault, human trafficking and inciting prostitution as the city of Newcastle. <\/p>\n
The crimes add to the growing list of UK towns blighted by the evil grooming gangs. <\/p>\n
Shadow women and equalities secretary Sarah Champion claimed Asian grooming gangs were allowed to thrive because people are more afraid to be called a racist than they are afraid to be wrong about calling out child abuse. <\/p>\n
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The Labour MP for Rotherham said it was time to acknowledge that the majority of perpetrators have been British-Pakistani in the towns where such grooming cases have occurred. <\/p>\n
Farage said: These are racist crimes and it's been hidden for far too long in too many northern cities and a lot of elected political figures throughout the north of England in my view bear a very heavy responsibility. <\/p>\n
But there's been a change of tone and today Sarah Champion has completely changed course. <\/p>\n
Im pleased to say she makes it clear that predominantly these crimes and I'm quoting her not me come from men who are part of the Pakistani community and it's a pattern that we see over and over again. <\/p>\n
These are racist crimes and it's been hidden for far too long <\/p>\n
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The LBC host reiterated that he had been calling for a sensible conversation about the issue for years. <\/p>\n
Farage finished: Goodness me it's taken us years to get to the point where we can even have an intelligent conversation about it. <\/p>\n
Heartbreaking details of how the 17 men routinely abused white girls emerged from the court case. <\/p>\n
Those prosecuted were from the Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian, Iraqi, Iranian and Turkish communities and mainly British-born. <\/p>\n
Most lived in the West End of Newcastle. <\/p>\n
Today former Crown Prosecution Service chief Lord Macdonald of River Glaven said cases of Asian grooming gangs targeting white girls had not been looked into as they should have been. <\/p>\n
He said: I think that's no longer the case and I think the fact that these sorts of cases are now being brought successfully demonstrates that those sorts of so-called taboos no longer exist - but I don't think any of us can pretend that in the past these cases have been examined as rigorously as they might have been. <\/p>\n
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