Category: Asylum seekers

Asylum seekers helped fuel Greek riots this week

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Still another update Dec. 13th:   Gates of Vienna posts further analysis of the riots here today.

Update Dec. 13th:  Here is a response to yesterday’s update article—largely in agreement and very intersting.

Update Dec. 12th:   Thanks to an analysis written by a Greek, I am now returning to my earlier hypothesis.  It is not simply the s0-called anarchist students, but involves Muslim immigrants.  I have been thinking about this alliance ever since I saw the anarchists (Marxists) marching in DC alongside the Muslim American Society.  From the postcript to this article.   Thanks to Baron Bodissey at Gates of Vienna for this additional information

Quite a few Greek “radical groups” have adopted Arabic “Noms de Guerre”, promote illegal immigration of Muslims into Europe and call in for the destruction of Western civilazation. They are part of an almost global network that acts as a “Soft power” element of the hard one as envisaged by Al Qaeda. Once more, it has to be stressed that rogue elements of Western security forces protect them and they have to be dealt with as soon as possible.

Update later:  My apologies for a misleading orginal title to this post.  I said the riots were started by asylum seekers when in fact asylum seekers didn’t join the riots until a few day later here.

Update minutes later:   Riots spreading in Europe, see Gates of Vienna here.

You could hardly miss the news this week that Athens was experiencing horrific rioting, the mainstream media told us it was started by anarchists (you know sort of like our leftwing radicals), and now more information is coming out.

According to the BBC, riots by anarchists were fueled by further rioting of political refugees being refused applications for asylum.   The film linked here is a must see.

Greek police have clashed with hundreds of migrants waiting to submit asylum applications in Athens.

It is the latest example of tensions in the Greek capital – which community leaders say is at risk of becoming a racial battleground.

This year, Greece has attracted a record 80,000 illegal immigrants, but has been criticised by Europe for failing to help asylum seekers.

Thanks to Patrick Cleburne at VDARE for reporting this story here.

You can find our earlier report on the Athens street slaughter (mentioned in the BBC clip) here.

Camp of Saints anyone?

Military to hire hundreds of aliens for medical jobs

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Out of work refugees and asylees can begin applying next year for medical and linguistic jobs through the Pentagon it was announced this week.

WASHINGTON – Struggling to find enough doctors, nurses and linguists for the war effort, the Pentagon will temporarily recruit foreigners who have been living in the United States on student and work visas, or with refugee or political asylum status.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has authorized the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps to recruit certain legal residents whose critical medical and language skills are “vital to the national interest,” officials said, using for the first time a law passed three years ago.

Read all about it at Newsmax yesterday, hat tip Blulitespecial.   I know there will be some good guys jump at the opportunity, but I couldn’t help think about that comment made by an Al Qaeda bigwig in Baghdad early in the war, “those who will cure you will kill you.”

As for the linguists:

Those with the best language skills would be used in intelligence fields.

Great, huh?

The worst (potential) asylees in the world

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Following up on Ann’s post earlier today about the Guantanamo prisoners, I’m relieved to read in the Wall Street Journal today that although closing Gitmo is a “high priority” for the Obama administration,

Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon Tuesday, Mr. Gates said the Democratic-controlled Congress would need to craft legislation resolving legal issues before the prison could be closed. Specifically, he said the bill would have to bar freed prisoners from seeking asylum in the U.S.

Anybody who has thought about it for more than two minutes realizes that closing Gitmo is complicated and isn’t going to happen any time soon.

Mr. Obama has pledged to close the prison, but aides say it is easier said than done. The president-elect will have to make decisions on issues such as the fate of prisoners who have been approved for release, but whom no other country is willing to accept.

Everything is easier said in a campaign than done in reality, as Mr. Obama will learn again and again and again. However, he has a lot of passionate support from people who know nothing about anything, so he can probably get away with keeping it open. In fact, his most passionate supporters probably wouldn’t notice.

Gitmo prisoners: will they go to a town near you?

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Blulitespecial sent us this story about the brewing storm over Obama’s promise to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba housing hundreds of Islamic fanatics captured in the war on terror.  Already the rush is on to stop their move to one of three locations—one in South Carolina, another in Kansas and the third in California.  Read all about the maneuvers to keep them out of someone’s backyard.

This is what I was interested in because I believe that in my earlier reading on the issue it was suggested that those who might be released into the US would be treated as asylees.   Asylees are treated the same as refugees and get all the same perks and special treatment:  a volag (supposedly volunteer agency) will place them in a city,  a caseworker will be assigned to help them find a job.  Their initial apartment will be subsidized housing, and they will get food stamps, initial medical care, English language lessons and so forth.  

One complexity is that the U.S. government has cleared more than 60 of the Guantanamo detainees for release, but the governments of other countries where they have lived don’t want to accept them.

Kind of tells you something if their own governments don’t want them back.   Be prepared for Obama’s change you can believe in.

We have written on several occasions about the first group, the Chinese Muslims (Uighers), considered for release here.

Obama’s Aunt Zeituni will fight deportation

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There is a tiny mention in yesterday’s Washington Post about how Obama’s illegal alien aunt has hired a lawyer and will fight her four-year-old deportation order.   She is presently with friends in Cleveland.  As soon as I find a link I’ll get it to you. 

If you don’t know about Obama’s impoverished Kenyan Aunt, please read Judy’s previous post here.