British National Party UK Immigration News Bulletin w/c March 19, 2007
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1. 'RIOT' AVERTED AS POLICE ACCUSED OF RACISM

The establishment uses every opportunity to praise hard-working immigrants and shame native Britons for their supposed laziness and lack of skills. If immigrants are involved in criminal activities not only they are described as a case of few bad apples but often it is UK society that take the blame for its failure to integrate them. Unfortunately things are not that simple, violence and gang culture are a fact of life in many Caribbean, African and central American states, something that countries like the USA are learning at their expense. This is one of the reasons for which we oppose immigration from non-European countries.

http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0225croydon/tm_headline=-riot--averted-as-police-accused-of-racism26method=full26objectid=1876400826siteid=53340-name_page.html

AN ANGRY crowd accused police of "racism" amid chaotic scenes in a gang crackdown shortly after Friday's stabbing. About six plain clothed officers ran from the crime scene to the nearby McDonald's, apparently to head off further trouble. They appeared to square up to a group of black youths outside the restaurant's front entrance. Several teenagers were shoved almost to the floor by officers and shouted at to stay away from the situation. The youths reacted angrily and as scuffles broke out one was heard shouting furiously: "Give me your ******* badge number." A street vendor, who did not want to be named, said: "I was here talking to someone and the next thing I know the police were arguing with a young black youth. "The police officer pushed him and then his friend intervened and asked for his badge number. The youth who had been asking for the number walked off but they decided to grab him.

He ended up being arrested with such force his shoe came off. People were being pushed around after that, including me. "I told the officer he couldn't do that and that's when he slowed down. I would say the police were being racist. There was nearly a riot." Mum Terri Hall, 34, of Norbury, also witnessed the chaotic scenes outside the fast food restaurant. She said: "They were just shoving these kids to the floor. The kids were getting wound up and shouting back at the officers. Then they were getting arrested." One college student, still wearing a rucksack, shouted his innocence to onlookers as he was arrested by several officers. The crowd dispersed after back-up, including uniformed police and a riot van, arrived and at least two more arrests were made. Borough Commander Chief Superintendent Mark Gore said on Monday that he was not in a position to comment on the incident. A police spokeswoman added: "No complaints of inappropriate police action have been received."

2. NEWLY DIAGNOSED HIV/AIDS CASES IN U.S. DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH AMONG BLACKS

We have always been concerned about the effects on our health of mass immigration,not just because of the strain caused by health tourists but also because of the risks of infections for the native population especially when no health checks are made on newcomers.

http://www.news-medical.net/?id=22529

Black men and women accounted for more than 50% of the newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases in the U.S. from 2001 to 2005, despite accounting for 13% of the country's population, according to a report published in the March 9 edition of CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Reuters South Africa reports (Bigg, Reuters South Africa, 3/9). For the report, Tonji Durant -- an epidemiologist at CDC's National Centre for HIV, STD and TB Prevention -- and colleagues analyzed data from 33 states regarding HIV/AIDS diagnoses between 2001 and 2005, Bloomberg/Long Island Newsday reports. The researchers found that during the study time period, 51% of newly diagnosed HIV/AIDS cases were among black adults and adolescents (Bloomberg/Long Island Newsday, 3/9). The report also found that blacks accounted for 40% of AIDS-related deaths and 61% of new AIDS diagnoses among people ages 13 to 24 (Reuters South Africa, 3/9). According to the report, black men were seven times more likely to receive a new HIV/AIDS diagnosis than white men and twice as likely as black women. AIDS-related illnesses were the fourth-leading cause of death among blacks ages 25 to 44 in the U.S. in 2004, the study found.

According to the study, the leading cause of HIV transmission among men of all ages and races was male-to-male sexual contact, followe d by high-risk heterosexual contact. Among all women, heterosexual sex was responsible for 80% of the HIV transmission, the study found (Bloomberg/Long Island Newsday, 3/9). According to Robert Janssen, director of CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, blacks do not engage in riskier sexual behaviour compared with other groups, but the population's HIV/AIDS infection rates mean that blacks who have sex with other blacks are more likely to get HIV than people in other ethnic groups. Janssen added that the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS in the black community has had negative effects. "Certainly (there is) a sense of stigma related to homophobia," he said, adding, "There is certainly a stigma around how HIV is transmitted. There has not been a recognition in the community of how serious the problem is" (Reuters South Africa, 3/9).

CDC Increases HIV Prevention Efforts Among Blacks

In response to the disproportionate effect that HIV/AIDS has on blacks in the U.S., CDC is increasing its efforts to provide "known, effective HIV-prevention interventions and to implement new, improved and culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS strategies," Reuters Health reports. The program, titled "A Heightened National Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis Among African-Americans," aims to expand prevention services into areas that need them the most; increase opportunities to diagnose and treat HIV; and to dedicate more research to developing new behavioural, social and structural HIV interventions. To reduce HIV transmission among blacks, CDC plans to work with leaders in black religious, media, civic, entertainment, educational and business communities.

The agency also will work with people who have not yet been involved in prevention efforts to address community awareness, testing, behaviour and perceptions of the disease, Reuters Health reports (Reuters Health, 3/8). As part of CDC's efforts, the agency organized a meeting for black leaders on Thursday. Federal allocations to CDC to directly fund community organizations involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS among blacks have increased tenfold since 1988 and now total $30 million, while total program funding is $300 million, according to CDC (Reuters South Africa, 3/9).

3. SHORTAGE WORSENS AS NEW HOMES SOAR

Another study confirms our claim about the negative effects of mass immigration. Of course the increase in demand from newcomers is underestimated because it doesn't take in account the number of illegals living in the UK but at least it further minimizes the positive economic effects of mass immigration.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/03/19/nhouse19.xml

Higher-than-expected numbers of EU immigrants and more people living alone will make the shortage of new homes in England worse over the next 20 years, according to the latest Government figures. Figures from the Department of Communities and Local Government show 4.8 million new households are expected to form in England between 2004 and 2006, requiring 223,000 new homes a year to accommodate them. This is an increase of 24,000 a year on previous estimates and brings to 64,000 the annual shortfall in home completions. The increase is mainly because of unexpectedly high immigration from the rest of Europe, particularly Poland and seven other new EU member states. Immigration represented 31 per cent of the reason for all household growth in England the last time projections were published in 2003. It now represents 33 per cent, almost exactly a third. Some 70 per cent of household growth is still generated from within the country, with the big driver still the move to one-person households, as marriages split up and people live longer.

There will be some slackening-off of demand for housing in the South-East and conservationists might question whether the millions of homes the Government is expecting to force into the South-East are being built in the right place now the regeneration of the economy in the North proceeds apace. Places such as York and Leeds now have house prices comparable to those in London. Yvette Cooper, the Housing Minister, said: "These figures show why it's right to build more homes to meet the needs of the next generation. We have a growing population with people living longer and more of us are living alone. "These figures show the need for more homes is not restricted to London or the South-East. "Increases in jobs and economic prosperity across the Midlands and the North are increasing demand for housing nationwide. Stewart Baseley, chairman of the Home Builders Federation said: "These projections show the critical need for local authorities to bring land forward for development and increase the flow of planning permissions."

4. £20BN ADDED TO BILL FOR 1.5M NEW HOMES

It's very strange that green groups, so keen to warn on the danger of global warming, have never said a word about the environmental impact of mass immigration, given that many of those new homes are needed to accommodate the huge number of people coming in the UK .It's also interesting how this £20BN cost dwarf the supposed £4BN economic benefits of mass immigration.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/green/story/0,,2037256,00.html

The hidden cost of the government's housing plans for south-east England was yesterday estimated to be at least £20bn. The sum, calculated by the Environment Agency in response to Labour's intention to build nearly 1.5m new homes in the region, includes new flood defences, sewage plants and waste tips for communities, but not providing water for developments in drought-prone areas. The agency argues in a report that many areas earmarked for housing developments in the next 20 years are already near their growth limit and could be tipped into environmental crisis if new housing is not planned carefully. "Accelerated development in the south and east of England will stretch the capability of some infrastructure to cope," say the authors. According to the agency, it will cost nearly £7.5bn to ensure dirty water from the planned new communities does not pollute rivers and coasts, £10bn to provide new waste plants and £3bn to protect the 100,000 or more new homes expected to be built on flood plains.

The extra costs, most of which will be paid by central government or local authorities, have not been included in Treasury projections. The real cost of connecting a house to essential services in the region is expected to be about £20,000, but this could be more than £50,000 in dry areas, or ones prone to flooding, the report says. The cost of building or enlarging reservoirs to supply water for the several million people expected to move to the south-east if the houses are built is not included in the report but water companies expect to have to invest at least £10bn-£15bn, taking the cost of new infrastructure needed to more than £30bn. The government has set up four major growth areas and 29 "new growth points", mostly in the south-east. Many have poor existing infrastructure which will be unable to cope. The number of homes in Wales is expected to grow by 20% in 20 years. The most serious brake on the housing programme could be lack of adequate water supplies in the south and east, says the agency, with 20% more water needed within 11 years. Yesterday the agency blamed some water companies for not taking into account the planned growth in housing. "The cause of the water shortfall is that not all companies have taken into account the total government housing targets." Equally serious, says the agency, is the problem of waste water generated by new populations. "There are seven places in the south-east where development will have to be limited because there is not enough sewage capacity, and 45 other places planned for development which will need to have facilities upgraded at great extra cost."

As towns grow, the agency expects rubbish to become nearly unmanageable if industry and households do not reduce their waste. "Our capacity to deal with waste is not keeping pace, and the problem is most severe in those areas set for major development. Current landfills provide as little as three years' capacity, and nine years at most," says the report. Julie Foley, the agency's head of sustainable development, said: "There is no getting round the cost. The numbers are scary, but government needs to be much more aggressive about long-term planning."

5. IMMIGRATION GRABS ELECTION SPOTLIGHT IN FRANCE

Pleased to see how anti-immigration policies are becoming mainstream also in other countries. However it's worth remembering that France has a situation that is different from the UK, given that many dark-skinned born in the overseas departments are French citizens. This helps to explain why Jean Marie Le-Pen is trying to be more inclusive and emphasise French values rather than race.

http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=37788

Immigration reared its head as a hot-button issue in the French presidential race this week, 18 months after rioting youth in immigrant suburbs cast the spotlight on France's strained integration policies. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy -- the right-wing frontrunner -- says a taboo-free debate is the only way to wrench the issue back from Jean-Marie Le Pen, the 78-year-old far-right leader and anti-immigrant firebrand. "A country's immigration strategy is what will define its identity 30 years from now," Sarkozy, 52, told a rally in the southern port of Marseille this month. "Republican parties need to talk about these questions. If they don't, they shouldn't be surprised that extremists seize on them." Le Pen, who sent a thunderbolt across Europe by scraping through to the second round of the 2002 presidential election, currently polls fourth in the race for next month's election, with 14 percent of first round voting intentions.

The three leading candidates -- Sarkozy, the Socialist Segolene Royal and the centrist Francois Bayrou -- have ruled out a blanket amnesty for France's estimated 200,000 to 400,000 illegal immigrants and pledged to boost development aid to the migrants' countries of origin. But Sarkozy, who as interior minister championed a tough line on immigration, has made it a key campaign theme, advocating a system of "chosen immigration" that would select workers to match the needs of the economy. While in government Sarkozy doubled the number of illegal immigrant repatriations and scrapped the right to French citizenship after 10 years in the country -- something Royal promises to restore. If elected he would make it harder for migrants' families to join them in France, by requiring the immigrants to prove they have a place to live and income and that their relatives can speak basic French. Sarkozy -- himself the son of Hungarian immigrants -- is alone in calling for US-style affirmative action to tackle discrimination against ethnic minorities, and in wanting foreigners to be able to vote in local elections. But he has also been repeatedly accused by the left of borrowing the far-right rhetoric and his announcement last week that he planned to create a new ministry of "immigration and national identity" ruffled feathers even within his own camp.

According to Frederic Dabi, director of opinion at the IFOP polling institute, Sarkozy's position reflects a hardening of general French attitudes towards immigrants. "If there is one theme where the political centre of gravity has shifted to the right, it is immigration," he said. "More than half of the public now say they don't believe that immigration is good for the country. "When Nicolas Sarkozy, on television, takes aim at female circumcision, at Muslims slaughtering sheep in their apartments -- those are things people would never have said 10 years ago." France is home to an estimated 1.5 million immigrants from mostly Muslim North Africa, as well as 500,000 from sub-Saharan Africa, out of a total immigrant population of around five million, according to the 2004 population census. The explosion of violence in French suburbs in late 2005 highlighted France's problems in integrating earlier generations of African immigrants who remain under-represented in politics, the judiciary and the media, and face widespread discrimination in the workplace. Polls suggest the far-right received a boost from the riots, as viewers watched television footage of disaffected black and Arab youths torch cars and buildings and battle riot police for three weeks.

Ratings for Le Pen -- whose National Front calls for welfare to be reserved for French nationals and for migrants to lose the right to bring their families to France -- jumped five percent immediately afterwards. But for Stephane Rozes of the CSA polling institute, ill-feeling towards immigrants is mainly linked to the problem of unemployment. They are seen as unwelcome competition for jobs and welfare. Dabi also points out that French attitudes are sharply divided: the young are more welcoming towards immigration than their elders, the highly-educated more than the unqualified, and the political left more than the right. And many people still cherish the idea of France as a land of welcome, as shown by a high-profile campaign last summer against the deportation of illegal immigrants whose children were enrolled in French schools.

6. AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL CANDIDATE SLAMS DOOR ON MUSLIMS

To be fair the Australian government has been tougher on immigration and multiculturalism than Britain. Unfortunately the globalist lobby is strong there as well. An Australian academic, Andrew Fraser, was forced to resign because he argued it was a huge mistake to change a previous law banning non-white immigrants to settle there.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21396569-662,00.html

PAULINE Hanson will urge major political parties to stop the flow of Muslim immigrants into Australia when she launches her bid to become a senator this year. Warning Australia could go down the same road as some European countries, where she says racial tension are "out of control", Ms Hanson says federal politicians will eventually have to decide on Muslim numbers in Australia. "We have to decide now whether we want to go the way Britain, France and the Netherlands have gone," she told The Herald Sun. "England's being lost. It's losing its identity and its way of life." Ms Hanson also denies she is re-entering politics for financial gain, claiming the major political parties need a shake-up. She says the Muslim way of life is totally opposite to the Australian way, citing instances of multiple marriages, the forcing of women to wear the burqa, closure of pools to males and shopping centre bans on Christmas decorations. "The fact is they're Muslim first and Australian second," Ms Hanson says.