Farage did not specify which organisations should be targeted, but he and other senior Reform figures have been heavily critical of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), which has faced a campaign of intimidation for its work rescuing asylum seekers in the Channel. Farage has previously described the charity, whose rescue of asylum seekers is a small proportion of its lifesaving work, as a "migrant taxi service."
During the interview, Farage described the arrival of asylum seekers on small boats as "literally an invasion of people who could cause us enormous harm." Asked whether he believed in criminal penalties for those who facilitated "this invasion of the English Isles," he replied: "Totally, totally. The role of the NGOs, the role of those that are sponsored by taxpayers' money, because they're nice, they're good, they're kind. They have actually aided and abetted criminality in absolutely every way."
He said those involved were "deluded ... hard-left socialist Marxists, who don't believe in countries, don't believe in borders, don't believe in identities, are intent on destroying everything that exists."
A Reform spokesperson said Farage's comments "speak for themselves."
The Guardian noted that his call for charities and campaign groups to be prosecuted echoes efforts by former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán to target foreign-influenced NGOs. During the conversation, Farage repeatedly raised the issue of Muslim asylum seekers, and said European countries such as the UK and France faced a greater migration problem than the US. He warned that if Donald Trump were followed by a "weak politician" who did not tackle migration and stand up for "American, English-speaking Christian values," the consequences would be dire.