This
is a very sensitive topic.
I
have always been very sensitive to the needs of refugees coming into
the country. However,as was brought out in conversation with an
Indian doctor who is looking after refugees, the NGO’s have become
more ‘right-wing’ and instead of looking after those refugees who
are already here (and their plight in this country is lamentable)
they are asking for increases in the quota.
Is
it racist to oppose mass immigration (I called it an invasion) and
to stand for nations’ sovereignty and right to look after their own
people’s interests first?
The
easiest way to solve this crisis is to prevent it by stopping the
bombing. Already it has been reported that 800,000 refugees have been
able to return home thanks to Russian/Syrian/Iranian actions.
But
that is not what the western powers want.
They
want to destroy these societies and it looks as if they want to
destroy the fabric of western societies as well.
Prove
me wrong.
Imam's
hold mass prayer outside Roman Colosseum
Italian Muslims pray at Colosseum to protest mosque closures
Tent
city: Refugees crowd Paris after ‘Jungle’ closure, residents
don’t recognize own city
RT,
29
October, 2016
Following
the infamous Calais ‘Jungle’ camp closure, many of those
displaced have been relocating to Paris. RT crew talked to Parisians,
both newly-arrived and native, to find out how this is affecting the
city.
Despite
French Minister of Housing Emmanuelle Cosse assuring people on Friday
that there “has been no migrant movement between Calais and Paris,”
a number of French organizations that deal with migrants have been
reporting an increase in newcomers at the Paris Stalingrad metro
station camp since the ‘Jungle’ was closed.
The
Office for Welcoming and Accompanying Migrants stated earlier this
week that the number of asylum-seekers in the area jumped sharply
from 2,000 to 3,000, and the same numbers were voiced by Heloise Mary
from the bureau of migration, on France’s BFMTV.
“We
have seen a big increase since the start of the week. Last night, our
teams counted 40 to 50 new tents there in two days,” Colombe
Brossel, Paris deputy mayor in charge of security issues, told
Reuters on Friday. French media, citing police sources, has been
reporting that large numbers of migrants have been illegally boarding
trains and busses to get from Calais to Paris.
“They
are mostly coming straight from Italy... but we have some, maybe 20
[from the Calais camp],” Clemence Monar, a volunteer paramedic
helping at the migrant encampment near the Stalingrad metro station,
told RT. This means that not only those who left Calais are now
flocking to Paris, but also those who have just arrived in France
skip Calais and go straight to the French capital.
Clemence
Monar said she hoped Paris would now become the center of attention
for the French migration problem.
“Because
maybe then they will finally do something about it.”
The
Stalingrad metro area has been dubbed the “migrant triangle” by
the media, including Avenue de Flandre street and Jean-Jaurès
square. One of the “residents” of this migrant encampment told RT
he came to Paris from Calais, although this was a decision he was
forced to make by the French government, which he accuses of being
reluctant to help.
“[I’m]
from Calais. I came here on Sunday, last Sunday. We took the train;
we went by train — without a ticket. It’s hard to get to the UK.
You understand? Here we come; our country has problems, too many
problems, our lives are risky. So, that’s why we come here. But the
French government, they are not helping people. I don’t know why,”
the man who called himself Mosel, a former ‘Jungle’ resident,
said.
Jonathan RT France
On estime à plus de 3000 le nombre de #migrants à #Stalingrad, la plupart venus de la #Jungle de #Calais
Nowhere
to go, impossible to clear
The
operation to clear the camp near Calais kicked off this Monday, with
violent clashes between police and inhabitants following attempts to
demolish the tents and wooden structures, which the residents had
used as shelter.
Thousands
of migrants looking to cross the English Channel to find asylum in
the UK have been holed up at the camp for months, but as Britain so
far only agreed to take in around 1,000 migrant children with
relatives already in the UK from the camp, and camp inhabitants have
been causing trouble in the Calais area, French authorities decided
to clear the ‘Jungle.’
The
area near Stalingrad metro station in Paris has been the place for
refugees’ temporary stay since winter 2015-2016, and has so far
been impossible to permanently clear. The camp underwent several mass
evacuations, but asylum-seekers repeatedly returned to ‘their’
place near Stalingrad. A lot of volunteers and charity workers have
been helping at the camp on a daily basis, handing out food and even
installing some kind of rudimentary amenities right out on the street
for the migrants to use. They also say the numbers of asylum-seekers
swelled, with the “migrant triangle” becoming overcrowded in a
mere three days.
“In
three previous days we distributed 700 to 800 meals. [On Friday] it
is more than a thousand. I do not know how we’ll manage next,”
Charles Drane, a coordinator of the charitable NGO ‘Adra’ that
provides Paris’ migrants with food, told AFP
#migrants à #Stalingrad : un accès rudimentaire à l'hygiène a été improvisé
‘I
haven’t recognized my district’
But
many native Parisians seem highly perturbed by the new image their
city has gained due to the ever-increasing numbers of arrivals,
telling RT that although refugees deserve support, it is not a
solution to turn Paris into a tent city.
“It’s
a very complicated problem because some of these people were forced
from their homes because of war, but, also, when there’s a high
concentration of foreigners in one place, that poses a real problem,”
a Parisian said.
“It’s
true that I haven’t recognized this district the last year, and
it’s shocking to exit the metro and be confronted with it all the
time,” a woman exiting Stalingrad metro station told RT.
“It’s
bad... the refugees, they don’t have anything... but it’s not a
solution to come and live here in tents,” she added.
Paris
authorities recently promised to open a new reception center for
asylum-seekers by the end of October, but it will only provide
accommodation for 400 people at a time, and is aimed to be used as a
transfer point for new arrivals. French officials have not yet
specified what they plan to do about the 3000 migrants already in
Paris, but President Francois Hollande on Saturday promised to clear
the “migrant triangle.”
“We
cannot tolerate camps,” Hollande said, adding that they are “not
worthy” of France.
France 3 Paris
Opération de contrôle, Paris place Stalingrad, où certains affirment que des migrants affluent depuis Calais http://bit.ly/2eCaGnz
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