The Home Office wants to deport a Channel migrant who threatened to kill Nigel Farage, the Daily Express understands.
Fayaz Hosseini, who goes by the name Fayaz Khan, issued the threat in a TikTok video described by a judge as “chilling”.
Mr Farage, who attended the Southwark Crown Court sentencing hearing accompanied by security guards, said he was “deeply concerned” that Khan could be freed in 18 months.
But Whitehall sources have told the Daily Express they want to boot Khan out of the country.
A source said: “The man has himself said he wants to leave this country – and we will do everything in our power to ensure he does.”
A Home Office spokesperson said: “We welcome this sentence. Threatening violence against anyone, particularly an elected member of Parliament, is never acceptable.
“We thank the police and all those involved in bringing justice in this case.
“When foreign nationals commit serious crimes in our country, we will always do everything in our power to deport them.”
Khan shouted at the Reform UK leader as he was taken down to the cells and accused the politician of trying to “use me because you want to be prime minister”.
The migrant was found guilty of making threats to kill following a trial last week. He has also pleaded guilty to attempting to enter the UK illegally.
Jurors were told that on October 12 last year, Mr Farage uploaded a video to YouTube titled “the journey of an illegal migrant” which highlighted Khan and referenced “young males of fighting age coming into our country about whom we know very little”.
Prosecutor Peter Ratliff said Khan responded with a video two days later addressed to “Englishman Nigel”. The video showed Khan saying: “Don’t talk about me more. Delete the video. I’m coming to England. I’m going to pop, pop, pop.”
Mr Ratliff told the court that Khan made “gun gestures with his hand” and was pointing to an AK-47 tattoo on his face to “emphasise he wasn’t joking”.
Jurors were told Khan had a “very large presence online” with his videos on TikTok, under the username “madapasa”, attracting hundreds of thousands of views.
Mrs Justice Steyn told Khan that his threats were “pretty chilling”.
The court heard that Khan gave British police the name Fayaz Khan and his age as 26 but Swedish authorities believe he is called Fayaz Hosseini and is 31. He has an outstanding six-month prison sentence in Sweden after being convicted of 17 offences on 12 separate occasions, the court heard.
Defence barrister Charles Royle said Khan had asked him to apologise to Mr Farage on his behalf “for any offence and upset caused”.
The court was also told the migrant claimed his father was an associate of former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai, and that Khan worked for his father – putting him at risk from the Taliban.
Speaking after the hearing, Mr Farage welcomed the five year sentence as “about the maximum sentence that could possibly be given.”
But he said: “The fact is that in 18 months time this violent criminal, somebody with 17 convictions in Sweden, in 18 months time he will be in this country, living in a house of multiple occupancy or a hotel, free to walk the streets whilst his asylum claim is judged.”