The citizens of the two Eastern European countries want to live in a civilized country and therefore they prefer to come to the UK, said Farage.
The statements were made after having visited a Roma camp in Bulgaria and he was shocked by the unsanitary conditions they lived in.
"If you look at Romania and Bulgaria, they are poorer than Poland, Latvia, Lithuania. I’ve been in these two countries and, frankly, I was shocked by the living conditions of Roma community. (...) There is no utilities, no jobs, I mean that it was truly shocking. They are living like animals, "said anti-European UKIP leader.
The politician argues that in such circumstances, "if the opportunity arose to come to a civilized country with a decent health care system that would provide shelter and offer you the opportunity to work", it's no wonder they are choosing to come to the UK.