Posted on 04/02/2006 9:13:01 PM PDT by Pikamax
Madrid - Spain has begun expelling African would-be immigrants to Mauritania, from where they had travelled to the Canary Islands, said reports on Monday.
According to reports, instead of being taken to a Spanish-built camp in the port of Nouadhibou, from where most of them had left for the Canaries, the first group comprising 50 Senegalese and Malians were taken to Nouakchott in order to send them straight back to their countries.
The immigrants arrived on Sunday in Nouadhibou, where the Spanish army had built a reception centre for about 200 Africans who were to be expelled from the Canaries after Mauritania agreed to take back people who had transited through its territory to make the 800km sea crossing to the Spanish archipelago.
Security forces criticise camp
The migrants were to have decent living conditions, food and health care at the camp before being repatriated.
The reports said that instead of taking the immigrants to the camp, Mauritania started transporting them to the Malian and Senegalese borders.
Mauritanian security forces had criticised the camp, saying immigrants could easily leave it and embark on new boats for the Canaries.
But, a Spanish representative of the camp said immigrants would be lodged there as soon as a few "extra tasks" had been completed.
Some immigrants told the daily El Pais that they had not even known they were being taken back to Mauritania, but thought their plane was flying to Madrid.
Spain increasing cooperation with Mauritania
More than 3 000 illegals had traveled this year from Mauritania or Western Sahara to the Canary Islands, which were unable to cope with the influx.
Illegals were increasingly leaving from Mauritania after Morocco stepped up surveillance following massive attempts by migrants to enter the Spanish enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta in the autumn.
Spain was increasing cooperation with Mauritania, such as joint patrols and training of security forces, to help it patrol its coast.
As a consequence, boats carrying illegals had now begun leaving from Senegal further down south for an even longer and more dangerous sea voyage to the Canary Islands.
More than 1 000 immigrants were estimated to have drowned after setting sail from Mauritania in just a few months.
Send ours to Spain. They can speak the same language and then when Spain kicks them out, they can go to Africa.
Spain already has a problem with illegal Dominicans and Peruvians (called "Sudacas") in Madrid and Barcelona. They are hated just as much as the black Africans despite speaking the same language.
Ours wouldn't be able to communicate with the Spanish.. because the mexican dialect is different from high Spanish.. they don't even speak their own language properly..
RACISM!!!
I've heard that too.
(gasp) you mean it IS possible? At least in Spain.
The "We are Islam and you will DIE" riots will probably soon follow...
Stay tuned...
Yep, that's quite a drop in the law-breaking bucket.
Oh no, my friend. I lived in Spain for several years, and believe me...
1) Spain and French are shoulder-to-shoulder (geographically speaking) and it shows. The Spanish don't look any more like the Latinos than they look like Hottentots.
2) While obviously I'm not talking about every single one, when you get to know Spanish, you'll discover that far and away most Spanish really -- and I mean really -- look down their noses at the Mexicans, the Cubans, and other New World "half-breeds": the Mexicans (and other in Central and S. America) b/c they interbred with Indians; the Cubans b/c they interbred with Negroes.
They will also point out that the Latinos no more speak "correct" Spanish then we in the U.S. speak "correct" British/English,etc. etc. It was a real eye opener, let me tell you.
If the truth be known, one people looking down on another is not something exclusive to the U.S. -- not by a long shot.
Good point. I know that European blacks who have been assimilated and educated can't stand American blacks with their ghetto owe-me attitudes.
Also many illegal mexicanos at the protests felt they were being held down by white racism.. If they got shipped to Zimbabwe they wouldn't have to worry about that.. AND they would get communism as they want too.
What does Spain do with the Sudacas? Does Spain treat them differently than African illegal immigrants?
Better than the Africans could.
2) While obviously I'm not talking about every single one, when you get to know Spanish, you'll discover that far and away most Spanish really -- and I mean really -- look down their noses at the Mexicans, the Cubans, and other New World "half-breeds": the Mexicans (and other in Central and S. America) b/c they interbred with Indians; the Cubans b/c they interbred with Negroes.
They will also point out that the Latinos no more speak "correct" Spanish then we in the U.S. speak "correct" British/English,etc. etc. It was a real eye opener, let me tell you.
100% true especially your "half breeds" comment.
But Dominicans are very mixed blood.
But Cubans can be 100% pure Spanish blood. The first waves of Cuban exiles to come here were the Spanish ones. Now we get the mixed ones a lot more. My suspicion is Mexican immigration is the same. We got the more Spanish ones for quite a while but for the last 20 years we are inundated by the Mexican mestizos and pure Indian Mexicans. We get illegal aliens who speak Mayan dialects, no Spanish. The recent illegal alien rallies were dominated by mestizo faces. The photos show this.
If Spain can do it, why can't we?
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