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He added that the social transformation was sharpened by large numbers of Brits quitting the UK. Mr Phillips warned Britain was verging on “unacceptably high” ethnic polarisation — which he blamed on the education system.
He said: “Separateness tends to encourage inequality of treatment.
“And living separately means that different groups have their experiences defined by their ethnicity rather than their ambitions.
“The more we allow groups of people who live and work here to feel they do not belong to this society, the higher the risk of their taking hostile action against it.”
In the past two years, one million migrants have registered for work in Britain. Some 600,000 have come from eastern European countries who joined the EU in 2004. About 10,000 eastern Europeans live in Slough, Southampton has 15,000 recent immigrants and Peterborough an estimated 16,000.
A further 300,000 Romanians and Bulgarians are expected in Britain when their countries become EU members in January.
Meanwhile the number of Brits leaving the UK has grown from 17,000 in 1994 to 120,000 in 2004.
ministers are planning to introduce a work permit system to limit the number of Bulgarians and Romanians who come here, it was reported last night. Critics of such schemes say all EU citizens are entitled to come anyway — and will simply find work in the black market.
BBC NEWS UK UK race chief in ghetto apology
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UK race chief in ghetto apology
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Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, warned last year that Britain could see racial ghettos similar to the US. But experts accused him of trivialising the racial problems seen in the US and exaggerating those in the UK. Mr Phillips stressed his fears over segregation were supported by evidence. In a wide-ranging speech to the Royal Geographical Society's annual conference, Mr Phillips said it was right to ask hard questions about multicultural Britain - but to do so on the basis of hard evidence rather than fear or hearsay. He praised last week's launch of a commission on integration, saying we could not pretend that a more diverse society did not bring with it any costs. He said Britain must not confuse "domestic tourism", as seen with the success of the Notting Hill Carnival, with "genuine experience" of people from diverse backgrounds. And failure to know each other, he argued, meant it was harder to solve critical social problems. Someone who does not know any black families would find it hard to understand the anger surrounding the over-representation of black men in jails, he said.
But in his speech, Mr Phillips turned to the controversy he sparked in September 2005 when he warned Britain was "sleepwalking into segregation". Mr Phillips had warned some areas could become "fully-fledged ghettos", with racial divisions approaching those seen in parts of the US. These areas would be "black holes into which no-one goes without fear or trepidation and from which no-one ever escapes undamaged". Mr Phillips partly based that claim on research by Dr Mike Poulsen of Macquarie University, Australia, who had suggested "ethnic enclaves" were growing in the UK. Dr Poulsen did not however say that Britain had ghettos, areas where there is little or no racial mixing on any level. 'Policymaking by panic' Mr Phillips said: "I should ... apologise to Mike for mangling his work a little in a speech I made last September - and for his graciousness in accepting that even if my account of his presentation here was a little off, that the conclusions I drew were consistent with his findings." Mr Phillips however defended his position, saying segregation was a growing issue amid a failure by policymakers and the media to properly understand how society was changing. "As a result policy is all too often driven by panic, by political expediency or by whim. "And worst of all, far from the honest debate that [Communities Secretary] Ruth Kelly called for, we have a public argument which is the equivalent of shadow boxing." Mr Phillips said that much of the debate around segregation, integration and faith schools was "hypocrisy" because it focused on Muslim communities rather than Christian institutions as well. People had to make up their minds whether they wanted faith schools or not. He warned against calls for racial profiling of air passengers, saying the CRE could use its legal powers to challenge such a move. Speaking to the BBC, Dr Poulsen said that he had no argument with Mr Phillips' view that segregation had increased, but that "crossed wires" amid a media and political storm surrounding his research had led to public confusion. |
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Telegraph News Migrants changing Britain, says race chief
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Migrants changing Britain, says race chief (Filed: 30/08/2006)
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In the past two years, one million migrants have registered for work in Britain. Some 600,000 have come from eastern European countries who joined the EU in 2004. About 10,000 eastern Europeans live in Slough, Southampton has 15,000 recent immigrants and Peterborough an estimated 16,000.
A further 300,000 Romanians and Bulgarians are expected in Britain when their countries become EU members in January.
So Trevor Philips points out the risk of hostile action against society by unassimilated immigrants, and the reporter thinks the next logical fact to highlight is statistics about Eastern Europeans and further Romanians and Bulgarians coming into the country?
Methinks the reporter is in denial (or is perhaps a muslim).
Someone who does not know any black families would find it hard to understand the anger surrounding the over-representation of black men in jails, he said.
And someone who does not know crime victims would find it hard to understand the anger surrounding the over-representation of black men among those who commit crimes.
"Since Muslims, like Christians, come in all shapes and colours, I can't for the life of me see how religious or racial profiling will deal with so-called Islamic terrorism."
He doesn't see how even RELIGIOUS profiling will assist identifying Islamic terrorists? Did I read that right?
His point about racial profiling is also nonsense, because the government has only a limited amount of resources. If 90 out of 100 muslim terrorists are Pakistani or Arab, then it is an efficient use of resources to focus more on these groups, even though it is true that a small percentage of muslim terrorists may come from other ethinicities.
The simple fact is...multicultralism just DOES NOT WORK!
The Path to National Suicide by Lawrence Auster (1990)
An essay on multi-culturalism and immigration.
But why the reticence to respond to this degeneracy? Maybe media and other corporations gain from it and semi-'journalists' and academics are indoctrinated into it, but common sense and observation inform most folks, and maverick media find a good market for disclosing this stuff...
So, what keeps thoughtful, good-natured pro-patriotic folks from flocking to and raising up candidates and organizations to defend and restore their country and culture? Along with being 'the good fight', it's a great opportunity for individuals and groups advocating/implementing ethical, effective reforms.
Sadly, this is very true. In some areas I feel like a foreigner and a stranger in my own land.
Hmm
Fear of being labeled as racists, bigots and hate mongers.
The reality is that most "good-natured" folks shy away from engaging insult hurling fanatics in public debate. And for the past two generations, the standard tactic of those who argue for and promote the concept of an undifferentiated humanity, is to hurl insults at anyone who challenges their absurd premises. And yet, if we do not develop a thicker skin about this sort of thing, we are going to lose everything we truly value.
William Flax
Intellectual confusion! A nation is defined by its ethnicity, not by the individual ambitions of those residing in a particular area. I am too lazy to try to define the philosophy of the Commission Head, other than the fact that he is one of those who claim to believe in diversity, but would crush all diversity. Again, total intellectual confusion.
The West sure needs that little boy who is not afraid to proclaim the intellectual nakedness of the Emperor.
William Flax
For additional thoughts on the general subject, see my new September essay:
Bill Flax
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Policy is all too often driven by panic, by political expediency or by whim 
