Posted on 09/05/2005 8:21:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Maltese government has this year witsessed a substantial upsurge in illegal immigration. Around 1,200 illegal immigrants, primarily from North African and sub-sahara African states, have landed in Malta since January. This is already twice as much as during the whole of 2004, a Maltese spokesman told EUobserver. "That means that for every two people born in Malta, there is one illegal immigrant", the spokesman said. "If the trend continues at the current pace, this ratio will be three to two by the end of this year", he added... Amnesty International in a report this year criticised conditions in Maltese detention centres where illegals are held as being "well below international standards".
(Excerpt) Read more at euobserver.com ...
...if they don't keep the oath, form another commission to study the problem.Commission suggests EU loyalty oath for immigrantsThe proposals would see a Europe-wide ban placed on any illegal immigrant convicted of terrorist acts or judged a threat to national and public security from entering a member state for a minimum of five years. But they would also ensure that illegal immigrants could only be kept in custody for six months. Immigrants would also have the right to appeal against decisions to expel them... "People who reside illegally in Europe should be sent back to their countries of origin", Mr Frattini said, and presented figures showing that out of the 650,000 illegal immigrants who were ordered to leave last year, two-thirds of them avoided expulsion and stayed in the union... Raising concern over extremist groups and undemocratic view amongst immigrant groups across Europe, the commissioner also suggested that immigrants swear an oath "of faithfulness" to European values... Reactions to the proposals have been diverse. Eurosceptics ridiculed the idea. Mike Nattrass, deputy leader of UKIP said that the idea was absurd. "An allegiance to something with no single culture, no agreed history, no common language and packed with fraud and corruption? The EU must be joking".
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a last of the night ping.
Immigrants from North Africa? Like the ones responsible for the Madrid bombing?
"...if they don't keep the oath, form another commission to study the problem."
From the survivors.
Malta is not that big of an island. What's preventing the government from rounding up the illegals and shipping them back to Africa?
Good points.
The EU Charter? The European Court? The European Human RIghts Commission?
NEVER forget what Washington said about "entangling alliances". Won't do any good, since we're snared pretty good ourselves, but remember it anyway.
[from the other article posted here] "Mr Frattini said, and presented figures showing that out of the 650,000 illegal immigrants who were ordered to leave last year, two-thirds of them avoided expulsion and stayed in the union."
The EU charter doesn't prevent it. The problem is with Malta's proximity to Africa and the failure to do anything about it. Same goes for Europe. If Turkey is brought into the EU, the problem will get even worse, because sneak-ins from Iraq/Jordan/Iran/Syria/West Bank/Gaza etc will be able to leave Turkey for other EU countries with little trouble (even less than now).
Things like 'can't deport to a country that may use torture', 'can't deport to a country that refuses to accept them back', 'may not deport to a country that may impose the death penalty', 'may only deport to country of origin; not to a third country', and many other restrictions, as well as technical errors made in their cases, etc.
BTW back in the late 1960's my mother lived in Valletta for two years, while my father worked in the Libyan oilfields, pre-Ghadaffi. That was when my parents sold & moved out on me, since I had intention of moving out of the house.
I am a first generation American, my mother is from Malta. The last time I was there was 2001. The only times I was there previously were when I was 6 months and a year and a half old so I obviously have no recollection of those times. I was absolutely floored by how much I loved it over there. I'm looking forward to going back sometime in the next few months.
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