Euro-"multiculturalism" still doesn't work

[S. L'Gree]

British most hostile to asylum

Andrew Osborn in Brussels
The Guardian

The British are the most hostile to political refugees of all EC people,
according to a report from the European monitoring centre on racism and
xenophobia.

Belgium and Greece are the EU's most xenophobic countries, and more hostile
towards the idea of a multicultural Europe than anyone else.

In the UK 23% of those questioned in the survey of more than 16,000
Europeans commissioned by the centre a year ago said political asylum
seekers who had suffered human rights violations in their own countries of
not be accepted.

The survey found that 39% of those questioned thought legal immigrants who
became unemployed should be forcibly repatriated, and 51% believed that
ethnic minorities increased unemployment.

Although the report shows an increased in tolerance since the previous
survey in 1997, it reveals that many Europeans are seriously concerned about
the implications of mass immigration.

It classes 27% of Greeks and 25%of Belgians as intolerant, compared to 4% of
Spaniards.

"People are more and more looking for scapegoats ... and are worried about
the effects of migration," Beate Winkler, the centre's director, said.

She added that Greek social security, jobs and schooling had been
particularly affected by the wars in the Balkans.

More than half the Greeks disagreed that it was a good thing for a society
to be made up of different races, religions and cultures, as did 35% of
Belgians.

"The statistics show that Europe needs immigrants and we have to prepare our
populations for that," Ms Winkler said, adding that politicians were failing
to promote the benefits of immigration.



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[The Enlightenment]

Post by S. L'Gree
British most hostile to asylum
Andrew Osborn in Brussels
The Guardian

The Guardians reporting is just left wing shyte: they simply write in a
manner to pejoratise and pathologise opposition to mass immigration.

It is utterly infuriating and utterly unrealistic!

Post by S. L'Gree
The British are the most hostile to political refugees of all EC people,
according to a report from the European monitoring centre on racism and
xenophobia.
Belgium and Greece are the EU's most xenophobic countries, and more hostile
towards the idea of a multicultural Europe than anyone else.
In the UK 23% of those questioned in the survey of more than 16,000
Europeans commissioned by the centre a year ago said political asylum
seekers who had suffered human rights violations in their own countries of
not be accepted.
The survey found that 39% of those questioned thought legal immigrants who
became unemployed should be forcibly repatriated, and 51% believed that
ethnic minorities increased unemployment.
Although the report shows an increased in tolerance since the previous
survey in 1997, it reveals that many Europeans are seriously concerned about
the implications of mass immigration.
It classes 27% of Greeks and 25%of Belgians as intolerant, compared to 4% of
Spaniards.
"People are more and more looking for scapegoats ... and are worried about
the effects of migration," Beate Winkler, the centre's director, said.
She added that Greek social security, jobs and schooling had been
particularly affected by the wars in the Balkans.
More than half the Greeks disagreed that it was a good thing for a society
to be made up of different races, religions and cultures, as did 35% of
Belgians.
"The statistics show that Europe needs immigrants and we have to prepare our
populations for that," Ms Winkler said, adding that politicians were failing
to promote the benefits of immigration.

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[S. L'Gree]

Post by The Enlightenment

Post by S. L'Gree
British most hostile to asylum
Andrew Osborn in Brussels
The Guardian

The Guardians reporting is just left wing shyte: they simply write in a
manner to pejoratise and pathologise opposition to mass immigration.
It is utterly infuriating and utterly unrealistic!

But it's usually the only way we can hear the Left admit to the utter
failure of their own 'diversity' schemes. Often these whines are so bad,
they're good:


Every moment for me is fear

As an asylum seeker, I discovered what racism really means when I was
'dispersed' to Middlesbrough

Kamwaura Nygothi
Thursday July 8, 2004
The Guardian

I am an asylum seeker and I am black. I believe that in Middlesbrough, where
the Home Office has placed me, I am not safe.

I was a successful businesswoman in Kenya and I would love to work and
contribute taxes to British society rather than get benefits - but I am not
allowed to.

On buses people refuse to sit next to me and shout out "monkey" and "asylum
seeker". In the street a big, strong man struck me on my back with his fists
and said: "You are illegal, you should go back to your country." Boys spit
at me and throw stones when I walk down the street. If I go to a public
toilet, whoever is behind me in the queue won't use it after me.

One friend had fireworks thrown through her letter box. Several mothers I
know left their babies in the creche at a local family centre for a couple
of hours. They returned to find their babies sitting in dirty nappies. They
felt this was because the staff didn't want to touch their babies.
Middlesbrough reminds me of South Africa during apartheid.

I fled Kenya after a period in detention where I was raped and burned with
acid and cigarettes because I belonged to a group which opposed the
government. I was released on bail and was convinced that it was only a
matter of time before I was jailed and tortured again.

My survival instinct took over and I left everything - my family, my
business, which was worth a lot of money, and my community - to escape to a
place where I thought I'd be safe. I came to England for one reason only,
because I'd heard it was a country that respects human rights.

In London, where I was initially placed, I felt safe for the first time in
years. There is a large Kenyan community there: it's an environment where
people from many different backgrounds mostly live peacefully together and
where there are support services for traumatised asylum seekers, including
the only services in the country for female asylum seekers who have been
raped.

But my experience in the north-east has made me realise that London is
another country.

I was shocked when the immigration authorities told me I was being
"dispersed" to Middlesbrough and that if I didn't go my support would be cut
off. I knew of asylum seekers who refused to leave London. They ended up
sleeping on the streets and going hungry.

I had no idea what it would be like in the north-east but I felt I had no
choice but to go. We were transported at night by coach and placed in our
new accommodation with a small amount of cash. I was given a flat on a
council estate where I am the only black person.

By the time I had experienced a few days in Middlesbrough, any hope I had
was in shreds. The council's asylum unit handed us a welcome pack when we
arrived.

They should have called it "Welcome to Racism". It warned us about the
possibility of racist attacks on asylum seekers and told us who to complain
to if we experienced anything from verbal abuse to physical violence. "While
members of the team are happy to listen to your concerns, they can't deal
with non-emergencies," concludes the warning.

I never experienced this level of discrimination in London. Racism is not a
concept I was familiar with in Kenya and only now that I have been moved to
Middlesbrough do I properly understand what the word means.

The fact that an explicit warning is given to us suggests to me that the
government knows exactly what they are sending us to. They have a duty of
care to asylum seekers, but deliberately placing us in this environment
seems to me to be wilful neglect of that duty.

There have been cases of asylum seekers being murdered in this part of the
country and in Scotland. Every moment for me is fear.

I have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress syndrome as a result of
what happened to me in Kenya and am experiencing suicidal feelings. I'm
scared of walking down the street and only go out when I have to. I'm scared
of going out after 5.30pm because I know the risk of attack rises as evening
approaches. I'm scared of what will happen when my asylum case comes up in
North Shields - I haven't heard of any asylum seeker who has won their case
there. There are too many things to have nightmares about.

I am made to feel as if I smell and there is zero tolerance for the
non-existent smell of an asylum seeker. I escaped from Kenya because I
wanted to live, but in Middlesbrough all I can think about is how much I
want to die.


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