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An Afghan Channel migrant who laughed as he raped a 12-year-old girl should be handed to the Taliban, Nigel Farage has declared. The Reform UK leader said “monster” Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, should be deported back to Afghanistan “immediately”.

And Mr Farage admitted he is willing to “talk to the Taliban” to “ensure this man never steps foot in Britain again”. Mulakhil was jailed for 15 years on Friday after luring the schoolgirl into a secluded area behind a row of garages and brutally raping her. He filmed the attack and later tried to blame his traumatised victim.

The Afghan asylum seeker had only been in the country for four months after crossing the Channel on a small boat. Mr Farage told the Daily Express: “As Prime Minister I would send this monster back to Afghanistan immediately.

“And yes, my government would talk to the Taliban, if necessary, to ensure this man never steps foot in Britain ever again.

“Without question or hesitation, this man Mulakhil must be deported back to Afghanistan right now. No ifs, no buts. Left-wing agitators and their human rights lawyers often say that this is too difficult to do. But that is simply is not true.

“The Taliban have previously indicated they would be willing to accept Afghans deported from the UK if I became Prime Minister.

“They may not be a regime we would want to do business with, but I am sure the overwhelming majority of common-sense Brits would agree with me that this monster should be sent back to Afghanistan without delay.”

Germany has deported Afghan sex offenders and violent criminals back to Kabul, with Berlin declaring a zero-tolerance approach to asylum seekers who commit crimes.

Home Office sources said Mulakhil will be “considered” for deportation at the end of his custodial sentence.

But it costs £54,000 a year to lock up a criminal, leaving taxpayers facing a huge bill over the coming decade.

If the Afghan sex fiend spends the entire 15 years behind bars, it would cost £810,000.

And human rights laws prevent the UK Government from deporting foreign criminals to countries like Afghanistan amid fears they could face persecution.

In these cases, they will be put on “restrictive leave”.

Mulakhil first spotted the schoolgirl playing on swings in a Nuneaton playground.

He then lured the girl down a secluded cul-de-sac in the town before repeatedly raping her and filming the attack.

In a recorded statement, the girl said: “He was trying to strip my clothes off. He said nothing. He was laughing.

“I was saying ‘get off me’, but he didn’t say anything – he just carried on. He was saying he was going to kill my family. I was scared. He took photos. It felt weird. Why was he taking pictures of that?”

The depraved sex beast then took the 12-year-old to a nearby corner shop and used his Home Office-issued Aspen card to buy two cans of Red Bull.

The schoolgirl ran off and was discovered in another park by two adults, who called the police,

Aspen cards are pre-loaded with money so that asylum seekers can buy essential items in shops.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said the case makes him “sick to my stomach”, adding ministers must deport “all” illegal immigrants and foreign criminals “to protect the public”.

He said: “Under the Labour Government, this vile individual broke into our country illegally and then raped a child.

“This case makes me sick to the stomach, and now taxpayers will pay hundreds of thousands of pounds to keep this vile man in prison.

“The victim was just twelve, and the trauma of this brutal attack will stay with her forever.

“This case shows exactly why we need to leave the ECHR to enable us to deport all illegal immigrants within a week of arrival.

“Every left-wing open borders advocate who thinks the ECHR is great now needs to explain why they think letting men like this into the country is ok. It isn’t.

“The weak Labour Government won’t fix this. From record illegal small boat crossings to repeated failures to remove those with no right to be here, they don’t have the backbone to do what is needed. We need to deport all illegal immigrants and foreign criminals to protect the public and prevent crimes like this happening again.

“Only the changed Conservative Party has a comprehensive plan to do this – our BORDERS plan. Then despicable men like this wouldn’t be able to stay in the country longer than a week.”

Katie Lam, shadow home office minister, said: “This is a truly horrific crime against a child. This brave little girl and her family have endured something absolutely nobody should have to go through.

“Cases like this rightly outrage the public. Time and again, migrants who come here illegally are committing hideous and vile crimes.

“This man should never have been free to prowl the streets looking for a victim. If we are to have a meaningful deterrent and keep women and girls safe, it is essential that those who cross the Channel illegally are immediately detained and then removed – either to their own country or a safe third country.

“Justice must be done, but the system must also keep the British people safe, and that starts with a secure border.”

Judge Kristina Montgomery KC said the victim is still suffering from trauma.

She said: “Footage from a security camera caught an exchange between you in which you asked your victim to tell you her age.

“She said she was 19, which was an obvious lie.

“Your reaction was incredulous and the jury’s verdict leaves no doubt that you knew she was aged under 16.”

The judge said the defendant “targeted” the victim, who was left distressed after the attack.

Defending, Marcus Harry said Mulakhil arrived in the UK when he was 22 after fleeing Afghanistan.

He told the sentencing hearing: “He left Afghanistan at 22 having spent 12 years at school until the age of 18.

“He was planning on attending university to study economics but for a variety of reasons, he came under the focus of the Taliban, as did his family, and that is the reason he ultimately fled the country.

“His brother did the same, ultimately ending up in another country. He entered this country and when he arrived, claimed political asylum and was awaiting determination of that claim.”

Mulakhil told police he believed the girl was 19 and that she had initiated what was his first sexual encounter.

He faced trial alongside Mohammad Kabir, also an asylum seeker from Afghanistan, who was acquitted of charges of intentional strangulation, attempted child abduction and committing an offence with intent to commit a sexual offence.

In a statement issued after the hearing, Detective Chief Inspector Collette O’Keefe, who led the investigation, said: “When Mulakhil carried out this horrific attack on a young girl, not only did he commit the most serious of crimes, he breached the fundamental values that hold our communities together.

“I want to pay tribute to the extraordinary courage of the victim. Her account allowed us to gather the evidence we needed to ensure Mulakhil was brought to justice.

“No sentence can undo the trauma of what she endured. But we hope today marks the beginning of her journey toward the bright, safe, and happy future she deserves.”

A Home Office spokesperson said: “This was a sickening crime, and our thoughts are with the victim and her loved ones.

“It is right that this vile criminal is behind bars serving a lengthy sentence and we will seek to deport him at the earliest opportunity.”