Roberto Abbondanza
July 17th, 2006, 09:29 PM
Fear of 'Right' wakes Europe's Governments to Immigration Problem
News/Comment; Posted on: 2006-07-17 21:54:45
http://nationalvanguard.org/images/teaser/malta_map.gif Maltese correspondent reports on recent events
It is quite unbelievable, but we are at last hearing the right words coming from our mainstream politicians regarding the illegal immigration invasion.
After spending the last few years in the land of Nod, government seems to have been jolted into action, not for fear of the problems associated with African immigration, but for fear of "the right."
We have heard anti-immigration rhetoric oddly coming from such sources as the usually pro-immigrant Labour MP, Dr. Gavin Gulia. The man who pushed for Norman Lowell's arrest after the Safi speech, Foreign Minister Michael Frendo, has been saying the same things Lowell said on that day.
Sadly, though, it all seems to be little more than electioneering, as the following article from the Times of Malta suggests:
Europe, Africa endorse joint plan on migration
July 11, 2006
European and African ministers hailed a new era of cooperation in fighting illegal migration and backed a plan to support legal migrants, crack down on human traffickers and make aid to Africa more effective. But migrant rights' groups said the plan was vague on offers of more aid and trade to help the world's poorest continent discourage would-be migrants by creating more jobs at home. ‘There is no expanded aid from Europe to Africa in the plan, one African delegate said. ‘We have a plan and the means exist to implement it,’ said France's European Affairs Minister, Catherine Colonna, at the end of a two-day meeting of over 50 countries in the Moroccan capital. The ministers approved a joint strategy to tackle illegal migration, the source of hope for thousands of Africans seeking a better life but an object of fear in Europe, where politicians warn that taking in more migrants would fuel racism and support for far-right groups.
Well isn't that nice? Government doesn't want immigrants any more. Why? Not because our rulers are no longer Christians and thus aren't forced to take care of immigrants, not because banning African non-White immigration is the right thing to do. The government is 'talking the talk' out of fear of "the right!"
One wonders what will happen after the elections.
Source: Viva Malta
http://nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=9582 (http://nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=9582)
News/Comment; Posted on: 2006-07-17 21:54:45
http://nationalvanguard.org/images/teaser/malta_map.gif Maltese correspondent reports on recent events
It is quite unbelievable, but we are at last hearing the right words coming from our mainstream politicians regarding the illegal immigration invasion.
After spending the last few years in the land of Nod, government seems to have been jolted into action, not for fear of the problems associated with African immigration, but for fear of "the right."
We have heard anti-immigration rhetoric oddly coming from such sources as the usually pro-immigrant Labour MP, Dr. Gavin Gulia. The man who pushed for Norman Lowell's arrest after the Safi speech, Foreign Minister Michael Frendo, has been saying the same things Lowell said on that day.
Sadly, though, it all seems to be little more than electioneering, as the following article from the Times of Malta suggests:
Europe, Africa endorse joint plan on migration
July 11, 2006
European and African ministers hailed a new era of cooperation in fighting illegal migration and backed a plan to support legal migrants, crack down on human traffickers and make aid to Africa more effective. But migrant rights' groups said the plan was vague on offers of more aid and trade to help the world's poorest continent discourage would-be migrants by creating more jobs at home. ‘There is no expanded aid from Europe to Africa in the plan, one African delegate said. ‘We have a plan and the means exist to implement it,’ said France's European Affairs Minister, Catherine Colonna, at the end of a two-day meeting of over 50 countries in the Moroccan capital. The ministers approved a joint strategy to tackle illegal migration, the source of hope for thousands of Africans seeking a better life but an object of fear in Europe, where politicians warn that taking in more migrants would fuel racism and support for far-right groups.
Well isn't that nice? Government doesn't want immigrants any more. Why? Not because our rulers are no longer Christians and thus aren't forced to take care of immigrants, not because banning African non-White immigration is the right thing to do. The government is 'talking the talk' out of fear of "the right!"
One wonders what will happen after the elections.
Source: Viva Malta
http://nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=9582 (http://nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=9582)