Category: Asylum seekers

Reporter raped in makeshift refugee camp in France

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This story was first brought to my attention by Blulitespecial and then another reader sent me a more detailed report from The Mail of London.   A lone female reporter trying to get a story about illegal immigration went to the camp in Calais—The Camp of Saints?  French author Raspail must be feeling stunned these days to see his 1973 novel coming true (or maybe he isn’t surprised).

Up to 500 migrants – mostly claiming to be from war-torn areas such as Afghanistan and Iraq – live in the damp wood, in a disused part of The Dunes industrial zone.

She was tricked to enter a hut where she was raped:

As she took photographs of a group of Afghan refugees, she was lured into a makeshift hut in the notorious unofficial camp called The Jungle by the gang leader, who told her he wanted to show her something inside.

There he held her down, repeatedly hit her around the face and body, and subjected her to a half-hour rape, police said. Although she screamed for help, no one came to her aid.

She had been warned: 

The petite brunette had been warned by local police not to go to the camp as it was a dangerous place for lone females.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying the rape victim asked for it (or maybe I am).  I blame this foolish decision on her part on this politically correct notion promoted by the Left in Europe (and here in the US) that all these impoverished refugees from war-torn countries need is a home and some love and understanding.

Many of those trying to break into Europe are ruthless criminals and shame on the French authorities for not rounding them up and deporting them to wherever they came from.   Drop them into the mountains with Bin Laden if necessary, they are more dangerous to the West in a Camp in Calais.

Illegal aliens in Malta get US State Department tea party send-off

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One of our faithful readers keeps asking me if we are in Alice in Wonderland.   Yup, Jim we are—tea party included.

We have written before about the tiny island nation of Malta and how illegal aliens from Africa arrive there by the thousands in boats every year, and are magically transformed into refugees (with all the perks) by our State Department and whisked off to a city near you.   But a tea party send-off!  From The Times of Malta:

… the mood at the US Ambassador’s residence in Attard, where the interview took place, is one of hope and optimism. Together with other refugees, Mr Isman is surrounded by his four children and second wife.

The siblings are happily playing with other young Somalis and Eritreans as well as Ambassador Molly Bordanaro’s children at a tea party held in honour of the group of refugees who will be leaving shortly for the US.

Welcoming the immigrants to ‘America’, Ms Bordonaro said she was proud to be hosting the Somalis and Eritreans at her residence and that they could soon complete the process of becoming US citizens.

In this lengthy article the Somali illegal alien describes how he planned to get into the European Union and travelled across Africa with his goal to ultimately reach Malta.  He hit the jackpot when he was admitted to the US.

He is also well aware that tiny Malta continues to grapple with more immigrant arrivals. Statistics show that nearly 2,000 illegal immigrants landed on the island this year, an all-time record.  [Edit: tiny island is struggling because the word is out, get to Malta and a plane ticket to US].

As with all asylum seekers who arrive in an EU state, Mr Isman was left virtually in limbo because to the Dublin Convention, which only permits immigrants to apply for refugee status in the first country they land on.

Mr Isman had no choice but to make ends meet and harbour the frustration until one day he realised his dream was turning into reality – together with his family, he was one of those selected for the US’s refugee resettlement programme with Malta.

He is on his way to Colorado where he says there are lots of “black people.”

Starting his journey to Colorado this week, he is hopeful that he will find it easy to integrate as there are “many more black people”.

I guess Ambassador Bordonaro forgot to inform him that American blacks and Somali immigrants aren’t getting along too well these days—no tea parties here.   And, by the way, check out the photo of Isman at the Times article, he doesn’t even look Somali, what is up with that?  Looks more like an Arab to me, or as a reader just suggested an Egyptian.

Use our search function to learn more about Malta.

Lawyers lament: Hispanic Gay Asylum seekers having a harder time staying in US

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A couple of days ago the Washington Post published a lengthy feature article about how it is becoming increasingly difficult for gays and lesbians from Latin countries to seek asylum in the US.   The reason seems to revolve around increasing tolerance for homosexuality in countries south of the border.

Asylees are immigrants who get to the US under their own steam (as opposed to refugees who we fly here at taxpayer expense), and claim they are persecuted for one of many reasons in their birth country.   There are special lawyers in the US who then help them stay permanently.  Asylees are helped just like refugees with all sorts of special government forms of welfare.  I am assuming the taxpayer helps with the medical expenses of those with HIV.

… as Mexico and other Latin American countries begin to liberalize laws regarding homosexuality, hold gay pride events and expand treatment for people with AIDS, it is becoming increasingly difficult to win such cases, say asylum applicants, U.S. lawyers and Latino activists.

“For a time, it seemed like it was a slam-dunk if you were gay, from Mexico and filed for asylum in the United States,” said Arthur S. Leonard, a professor at New York Law School. “But there’s been a turning point. The gay rights movement has started to make progress in Mexico, and it’s a little harder to show” that asylum is warranted, he said.

The subtle, unofficial shift in immigration policy has significant public health implications, say leaders throughout the region who view asylum as a path to better treatment of people with HIV. Though many applaud the progress on gay rights and AIDS care, they caution that it may take decades to reverse deeply ingrained attitudes toward homosexuality that are closely connected to the spread of HIV in the region.

I’m wondering how the government and these asylum lawyers know if the immigrant claiming asylum is telling the truth.   Couldn’t an illegal immigrant coming across the border just say he is gay? Surely no one checks behind closed doors.

For more on this issue and the loosening of immigration laws to allow  HIV positive immigrants into the US see this earlier post.

Asylum Crisis in Norway from Gates of Vienna

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Go over to Gates of Vienna here and read about how Norway could soon be dragged to financial ruin over the large number of asylum seekers flowing into that country.  I don’t think this article mentions anything about who the asylees are, but I doubt they are Britons bailing out of the UK.    Other reports say they are Russians (Chechens), Somalis, and Iraqis among others from Muslim regions of the world.

This article at GOV today focuses on the financial situation the country finds itself in (didn’t Osama bin Laden say he wanted to bring down the west financially?), but the large number is causing violence as well.  See our report here at the end of July.

Then just now searching around I found this article about a sniper shooting a Somali teen at an asylum center in Norway just a couple of weeks ago.

ASKER, Norway (AP) — Several shots were fired at a center for teenage asylum-seekers in Norway on Friday, and a 16-year-old Somali boy was seriously wounded, police said.

Police believe the shots were fired from long range, with a “heavy-caliber” weapon, police spokesman Einaar Aas said, without giving further details.

The boy was in his bed on the top floor of a two-story Hvalstad asylum center in Asker, outside Oslo, when a bullet pierced the wooden wall and hit him in the stomach, asylum center director Ahmed Bozgil told The Associated Press.

Aas said the boy was in critical condition at an Oslo hospital and would undergo surgery.

“It’s to early to speculate about motives, but we are taking this very seriously,” Aas said. Violence against refugees is rare in Norway, but an influx of immigrants recently has led to calls for tighter immigration controls.

It was unclear exactly how many rounds hit the building in the 8 a.m. (0600 GMT) shooting.

“It’s the first time we have had any serious incidents like this here,” Bozgil said. He said there were 121 youths from 13 countries at the center at the time of the shooting, but only the 16-year-old was hit.

Police helicopters and sniffer dogs searched the area for suspects, but no arrests had been made by Friday afternoon, the police spokesman said.

Last year about 6,000 asylum-seekers sought refuge in the Scandinavian country, and the number is expected to more than double this year.

The biggest numbers are coming from Iraq, Eritrea, Russia and Somalia.

Vijay Kumar:  Demographic conquest!

Tyson’s Labor Day decision, what questions should we really be asking

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Update later in the day:  Brian Mosely has the latest from Shelbyville today here.   And, here is my response to the bigotry charge.

Who would have thought the Shelbyville Times-Gazette article last Friday would open the hornets nest it has.  Even the New York Times got in on the story. (Hat tip: Blulitespecial)   Here is the part I found most interesting at the Times:

Mr. Hadley said both management and union were surprised when nearly all the Somali workers — Tyson puts their number at 250, the union at nearly 400 — did not work on Id al-Fitr last year. They were not paid, but the plant almost had to close that day, said Mr. Hadley, adding that management was “elated” by the proposal to make Id al-Fitr a holiday.

Why are the numbers changing?  First we heard 700 from the union, now 400.   I would think that counting the Somali employees wouldn’t be that complicated.  So it makes one wonder if they are purposefully being deceptive.   And why was management so surprised that so many Somalis skipped work on the holiday when anyone who has studied the issues involving Islam in America knows that Somalis are devout Muslims.

But, that isn’t what I wanted to talk about this morning.   As I read through all the articles and comments mostly taking aim at Tyson’s and suggesting boycotts, I see virtually nothing about the source of all of this—-the US State Department’s Refugee Resettlement Program.    I don’t expect the general public to inquire, but where are the investigative journalists?

Does no one want to know how over 80,000 Somalis got here in the first place?

Did you know they are eligible to bring family members once resettled?

Did you know that “church” groups are paid (by you the taxpayer) to resettle these Muslim refugees (and hundreds of thousands more)?

Did you know that the taxpayer pays their airfare?  How many ever repay those “loans”?

Did you know the Somalis are entering the US with HIV and TB?

Did you know that they originally received subsidized apartments, health care, food stamps, employment case workers, and other welfare?

Did you know that Tyson’s Food (and other meatpackers) have run into problems in other US cities?

Do you want to know if Tyson’s gets a tax break for hiring refugees?

I’m told that Tyson’s and other meatpackers used to pay decent wages (higher than today) but began lowering wages first when they found a supply of illegal workers and have kept them lower now that they have a ready supply of refugees, is it true?

Are politicians in Washington on both sides of the aisle encouraging refugee resettlement to fuel big businesses need for cheap labor (while they get to wear a sanctimonius do-gooder white hat)?

And following on that question, is the State Department the employment service for big business?

How many of the Somalis in the US right now are asylees?  In other words, how many slipped into the US illegally and then sought asylum?

Does anyone ever consult the community in advance when a large group of third world refugees are brought into a city or town?   Does the local government have any recourse?

Did you know that the Somalis have practiced female genital mutilation and polygamy in the United States, how widespread is it?

Did you know there is a conflict going on in many black sections of cities over the Somalis who act arrogantly toward American born blacks?

I only have 20 or 30 more questions, but I will quit, I’ve made my point.   So where are all the investigative journalists?  Guess its up to us bloggers to investigate and report the real story.