...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".
by Teresa Kuchler
September 2 2005
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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?
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.