British National Party UK Immigration News Bulletin w/c June 11, 2007
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1. EAST EUROPEAN INFLUX 'COULD TRIGGER RACE RIOTS IN VILLAGES'

Native Britons are suffering because of mass immigration and it's not surprising they are getting angrier every day. Once again, we in the BNP have been vindicated.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=460421&in_page_id=1770

Race riots could erupt in rural towns and villages with large numbers of Eastern European immigrants, a Government report will warn. A special commission says community tensions are now more likely to overheat in rural areas than northern mill towns with a history of troubles. Councils will be told they must draw up integration plans if they are to ward off civil disturbance. The findings by the Government's Commission on Integration and Cohesion, established by Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly a year ago, will disturb Whitehall. The authorities have so far focused on calming tensions between white communities and long- standing ethnic minority groups.

These erupted in 2001 with rioting in Oldham, Burnley and Bradford. Now they are being told to switch the focus to small towns and villages put under enormous pressure by the influx of at least 630,000 Eastern Europeans since May 2004. Ed Cox, a member of the commission, told the Local Government Chronicle: "The analysis would suggest cohesion tensions in the future are more likely to be experienced in unexpected places where 'diversity' is new. "Councils in these areas need to be ahead of the game and have in place cohesion and integration plans of a different kind from those of the northern mill towns." Mr Cox, who is also head of policy at the Local Government Information Unit, singled out the East of England as one area which may be at particular risk. Professor Ted Cantle, head of the Institute of Community Cohesion, said the arrival of new ethnic groups in communities already grappling with changes to local economies or facing housing shortages could trigger racial tension.

Professor Cantle, who wrote the Government reports into the 2001 riots, added: "There are deeper social and psychological impacts of people feeling loss for some kind of past way of life. Where you have new inward migration, people can latch on to that. But it is important to distinguish between the trigger and the underlying reason." Last month, Freedom of Information requests by the Daily Mail revealed that an unprecedented influx from the former Eastern Bloc has increased the population of some towns by almost 10 per cent since 2004. In Boston, Lincolnshire, one in every ten residents is now an Eastern European.

Other towns - including Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, Northampton and parts of London - have seen their population increase by around 5 per cent. In the East of England, there have been more than 60,000 arrivals. But even these figures are likely to be a dramatic underestimate, as they do not include the children or partners of those registered to work here. The self-employed are also not counted in the figures. Council leaders have warned that schools, hospitals and social services are all struggling to cope, despite the valuable contribution being made by many of the new arrivals. A spokesman for the Commission on Integration and Cohesion said last night: "There are challenges associated with migration, but it is important that these are reported and debated in a calm and rational way that does not exaggerate the scale of the challenge. "Migration has helped to transform our economy and enrich the country both socially and culturally, but of course it is right we look at what more we can do to promote greater integration and cohesion."

2. IMMIGRATION WILL TRANSFORM EUROPE-SPANISH MINISTER

An example of how the political elites are out of touch with the real world. This influx exists only because big businesses want an unlimited supply of cheap labour, regardless of the long-term consequences in terms of social cohesion and stability.

http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL07306785.html

Immigration will transform Europe in the next 20 years and policies to help the integration of new arrivals can avoid social tensions, Spain's top immigration official said. A European Commission proposal for stricter controls on illegal workers and efforts to ensure migrants' children are well educated should help the continent digest the large influx of workers, Immigration Secretary Consuelo Rumi said. "Not only Spain, but most of the European Union is going to be a very different society," Rumi said in response to a question about the outlook for the next two decades. "We will have to learn how to live with different races, different sorts of people and ensure harmony between the different cultures which will make up our societies." Spain, which had very few immigrants until the early 1990s, is now home to about four million foreigners, 10 percent of its population. Some of these are retirees from places like Germany and Britain, but most have come from Morocco, Latin America and Eastern Europe to seek work in a booming economy. "A city like Madrid could not function without immigration," Rumi said in an interview on Wednesday. Spain's Socialist government annoyed its European partners by granting an amnesty to about 600,000 paperless migrants in 2005 but has since tried to crack down on illegal immigration. Madrid has imposed visa requirements on countries such as Ecuador and Bolivia and has stepped up repatriations after a political furore over the arrival of 30,000 Africans who sailed to the Canary Islands last year

REVOLVING DOOR REPATRIATIONS

"If you enter illegally you leave the country in the shortest possible time," Rumi said of Spain's 'revolving door' repatriations. This year, the government expects to grant visas to about 200,000 people from outside the European Union who have been awarded working contracts, Rumi said. Family reunions and arrivals from within Europe and elsewhere means the total number of immigrants per year is running at about three times that number, analysts say. Spanish companies including VIPS convenience shops and department store El Corte Ingles recruit in places like Latin America, and the government says Spain's economy would not have outperformed other countries in Europe without migrants. The Bank of Spain has also said migration has slowed wage growth, which helps keep the country competitive but contributes to growing inequality. Rumi acknowledged there was a debate about the effect on wages. "It's up to the unions to make sure it doesn't happen," she said. Spain is backing European Commission proposals to favour temporary immigration and step up inspections of companies employing workers illegally. "A businessman who hires workers illegally is going to have to pay the cost of their repatriation," if the commission gets its way, Rumi said. Other European countries with longer histories of immigration, particularly France, have experienced problems when alienated communities have been concentrated in poor suburbs. To avoid this situation, Spain has a "strategic citizenship and integration plan" to ensure workers and their children have access to education and facilities. "We're working to avoid situations like those in France, which are often linked to lack of equal opportunity," Rumi said.

3. IMMIGRATION BILL SUFFERS STUNNING DEFEAT IN US SENATE

Immigration is a hot topic also in the USA, where the ruling elite wants to give amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants against the wishes of the American people. Even if this battle is far from being won the message is clear: globalist lobbies can be defeated.

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/6/7/220126.shtml

A broad immigration bill to legalize millions of people in the U.S. unlawfully failed a crucial test vote in the Senate Thursday, a stunning setback that could spell its defeat for the year. The vote was 45-50 against limiting debate on the bill, 15 short of the 60 that the bill's supporters needed to prevail. Most Republicans voted to block Democrats' efforts to bring the bill to a final vote. The legislation, which had been endorsed by President Bush, would tighten borders, institute a new system to prevent employers from hiring undocumented workers in addition to giving up to 12 million illegal immigrants a pathway to legal status. Conceived by an improbable coalition that nicknamed the deal a "grand bargain," the measure exposed deep rifts within both parties and is loathed by most GOP conservatives. Senate Majority Harry Reid, D-Nev., who had made no secret of his distaste for parts of the bill, said earlier he would move on to other matters if the immigration measure's supporters didn't get 60 votes Thursday night. The defeat set off a bitter round of partisan recriminations, with Democrats and Republicans each accusing the other of killing it. Most Republicans voted against ending debate, saying they needed more time to make the bill tougher with tighter border security measures and a more arduous legalization process for unlawful immigrants. All but a handful of Democrats supported the move, but they, too, were holding their noses at provisions of the bill. Many of them argued it makes second-class citizens of a new crop of temporary workers and rips apart families by prioritizing employability over blood ties in future immigration. Still, they had argued that the measure, on balance, was worth advancing. "We can all find different aspects of this legislation that we differ with," said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the leading Democratic architect of the bill. Reid, who had made no secret of his distaste for parts of the bill, quickly pulled it from the floor and moved on to other business, costing the measure perhaps its best chance at enactment. He insisted that the immigration bill is not dead for the year. "I, even though disappointed, look forward to passing this bill," Reid said.

4. FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER: ILLEGAL MIGRATION INTOLERABLE

http://localnewsleader.com/jackson/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=120681

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Friday that his country will not tolerate the wave of African migrants that continue to risk their lives to enter Europe illegally. "Returns must be expected. ... France cannot accept all the world‘s poor," he said. Many of the migrants who set out on dangerous sea journeys toward Europe come from West Africa. The European Union has stepped up patrols off the coast of Africa to try to keep people from embarking on the dangerous trips in overcrowded boats. Many thousands attempt the crossings each year, and hundreds die along the way. Many people in France‘s former African colonies are watching the new administration of French President Nicholas Sarkozy closely, particularly for clues on its approach to migration and work visas. Brice Hortefeux, France‘s new minister of immigration, integration and national identity, has condemned those who profit from illegal immigration by selling migrants places on "uncertain vessels" that risk never reaching their destination. Kouchner, a longtime humanitarian activist who co-founded the aid group Doctors Without Borders , also plans visits to Chad and Sudan during his tour of Africa.

5. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS RAISING CONCERNS IN LATIN AMERICA

We used to refer to Latin American countries as banana republics. However, given their determination to control borders and stop illegal immigration, Labour government should learn from them and respect them more.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_dade/story/135301.html

Efforts to stem illegal immigrants from neighboring countries are increasing in parts of Latin America because of concerns, similar to those in the United States, that they drive down salaries and bring crime and violence with them. Ecuador, Chile and Venezuela are discussing whether to restrict illegal migrants while Costa Rica recently tightened barriers. Peru is studying whether to tighten its southern border with Bolivia. Driving the changes are concerns echoed in the current U.S. immigration debate: that undocumented workers take jobs from locals, raise the crime rate and drain tax dollars through their use of public school and health systems. In the same vein, business groups in the region have been opposing new laws that might limit uneducated, low-cost laborers from migrating to countries that need them -- just as in the United States. Governments throughout the region report almost three million immigrants, according to the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

A majority is believed to lack proper documentation. In Ecuador, a presidential candidate in last year's campaign made concern about illegal aliens there a staple of her campaign, said Gioconda Herrera, a researcher at FLACSO, a Latin American think tank with an office in Ecuador. She added that she couldn't remember another presidential candidate making it such a major issue. The concern there is with Colombians who have fled the war in their country and moved to northern Ecuador, to sell knickknacks in the street and work on sugar and banana farms, Herrera said. ''The public wants more control so more undocumented workers don't enter,'' Herrera said by telephone from Quito, adding that the concern ``has reached xenophobic levels.'' Smaller numbers of illegal Peruvians in southern Ecuador have not provoked much public unease, she added. Ecuador and Peru signed an agreement in December to give the Peruvians temporary legal papers to work in Ecuador, but few have bothered to sign up. Undocumented Colombians in Venezuela have prompted concern there, said Raquel Alvarez, an immigration specialist at the University of the Andes in San Cristobal, on the Colombian-Venezuelan border.

''There's little anxiety that Colombians are taking the jobs of Venezuelans. They take jobs in sectors where there aren't enough Venezuelans, such as textiles or on farms,'' Alvarez said by telephone. ``The concern is that violent elements are crossing into Venezuela to commit killings and kidnappings.'' The government has beefed up its border posts as a result, Alvarez added. Chile's strong economy during the past 20 years has been a magnet for illegal immigrants from Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and especially Peru. ''It's a brand new issue for us,'' Jorge Muñoz, a project coordinator at the International Organization for Migration, said from the group's Santiago office. The Chilean Congress is discussing whether to begin penalizing people who are paid to smuggle in illegal aliens. President Michelle Bachelet's government also is drafting a proposal that would allow illegal migrants to gain temporary legal status to work and perhaps eventually gain citizenship. Argentina approved a measure in 2003 to give illegal migrants the right to public schools and health clinics and to pave the way for temporary work status, said Jorge Gurrieri, a professor at the University of Buenos Aires who specializes in immigration issues. Gurrieri said 380,000 illegal immigrants have applied for papers since the application window opened a year ago.

The country has long attracted poor workers from neighboring countries because of its better economic opportunities. ''The problem of illegal aliens has lost its political force with the new law,'' Gurrieri said by telephone from Buenos Aires. Nicaraguans illegally living in Costa Rica have prompted greater concern there since they represent about 6 percent of Costa Rica's population, said Guillermo Acuna, a researcher with FLACSO's Costa Rica office. Costa Rica's Congress approved a measure in 2005 that created a vehicle for Nicaraguans to apply for Costa Rican citizenship, but the measure also imposed penalties on businesses that hire undocumented workers. ''There are sectors within Costa Rica that are uncomfortable with the Nicaraguans,'' Acuna said by telephone from San José. ``Unions, in particular, feel like the Nicaraguans cost them jobs and force down wages.''

6. SWEDISH ATTITUDES HARDEN ON IMMIGRATION

Swedes are slowing waking up to the peril of multiracialism and mass immigration.

http://www.thelocal.se/7462

One in four Swedes would be prepared to vote for a party that was in favour of restricting the rights of immigrants. And the number of people who strongly agree that they could envisage voting for such a party has risen from 5.7 to 7.3 percent, according to a survey carried out by the Swedish Integration Board. "The recent media debate on the Sweden Democrats has probably made it more acceptable for people to express these sorts of party preferences, "José Alberto Diaz from the Integration Board told Dagens Nyheter. Also, the proportion of those who strongly agreed with the statement that 'native Swedes should take precedence over immigrants when it comes to jobs, housing and benefits' has increased from 12 to 14 percent. Attitudes towards Sweden's Muslims and Jewish communities have hardened somewhat since 2006. In 2007, 58 percent rejected the idea of limiting Muslim immigration, compared to 61 percent last year. There were also fewer respondents who strongly disagreed that 'Jews have too much influence in Sweden', down from 67 percent last year to 64 percent in 2007. "The large number of negative results is surprising as the results of previous surveys had pointed in the other direction. The question is whether this is temporary or the beginning of a new type of change in attitudes," said José Alberto Diaz.

7. AUSTRALIAN PM BRUSHES OFF 'FEAR-MONGER' TAG

This party is not a strong supporter of John Howard, another Washington lapdog, but he deserves some credits for his positions on immigration and multiculturalism and his refusal to abide to political correctness.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21788781-1702,00.html

Prime Minister John Howard has robustly defended his Government against claims by Amnesty International that it is as divisive as Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's regime. The human rights pressure group has accused Mr Howard of portraying asylum-seekers as a threat to national security. In a report released overnight, it also criticised Australia's role in the war on terror and its treatment of female victims of violence. Amnesty secretary-general Irene Khan said the fear generated by leaders such as Mr Howard "thrives on myopic and cowardly leadership". Ms Khan lumped Mr Howard in with Mr Mugabe, US President George W Bush and Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir in a paragraph about leaders who used fear to suit their political agenda. In statement today, Mr Howard rejected the way Australia was characterised in the Amnesty report. "The report's entry on Australia contains a string of assertions, unsupported by evidence and devoid of context," he said. "The report's treatment of Australia amounts to little more than a shoddy caricature. "Nowhere is the report's political agenda clearer than the paragraph in its foreword which seeks to bracket Australian and US policies with the horrendous human rights situation in Darfur and Robert Mugabe's disastrous misrule in Zimbabwe." Ms Khan stood by her comments today, accusing the Howard government of having an "appalling" domestic human rights record regarding its treatment of asylum seekers and indigenous people. These failures had undermined its good work overseas, she told ABC Radio. Mr Howard said he respected Amnesty, but its current leadership had lost sight of the need for balance or rigour. "I believe many Australians will be as offended by this report as I am," he said. "My Government makes no apology for taking appropriate, balanced steps to protect the Australian public from the very real threat of terrorism and to protect our borders."

8. ESSENTIAL READING

http://www.bnp.org.uk/shopping/excalibur/item.php?id=691

OverCrowded Britain
by Ashley Mote MEP

Description:

Foreword by Lord Stoddart of Swindon Postscript by Trevor Colman, former police superintendent, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Political correctness has hi-jacked our freedom to discuss one of the burning issues of the day - immigration. OverCrowded Britain will inevitably be condemned by the politically-correct, few of whom, Ashley Mote suggests, will bother to read it first. Which is why he argues for a full, open and – if necessary – controversial debate on immigration.

2003, Paperback, 132pp