Former British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin has announced he will ‘seek refuge’ in Hungary within six months.

Mr Griffin, 58, of Llanerfyl, and a former chairman of the BNP, and has said he will be moving to the Hungarian countryside within six months.

The party is famous for its anti-immigration stance, however Mr Griffin is now set to become an immigrant in Eastern Europe.

He told Hungarian website 444, that he would be continuing his political activism when he moves to the country.

Mr Griffin told the website: “I hope that Hungary, the Hungarian government, the Hungarian people, will welcome people who are genuine refugees from Western Europe but keep out the liberals who have brought Western Europe to this state in the first place.”

Mr Griffin has praised the Hungarian government, for saying that “sovereign countries of Europe have a right not just to their freedom but also to long term survival.”

He has previously described Hungary as “a place to get away from the hell that is about to break loose in western Europe.”

The former MEP, lives at Llanerfyl, near Llanfair Caereinion, and has done for some time.

After originally being part of the National Front, he joined the BNP in 1995, and stood as chairman from 1999 to 2005.

He served as an MEP for the BNP from 2009 to 2014.

Talking to the Hungarian website, he said: “I love Budapest, I think it's a fantastic city.

“But I’m a country boy really, so I'll probably live somewhere out in the sticks, as we would say in England.”

The County Times attempted to contact Mr Griffin but was unsuccessful.