Sarkozy's immigration policies here are on a continuum with his "one law for all Frenchmen" policy that so enflamed the rioters. This could be France's last hope -- but much, much more needs to be done. "France: Interior Minister Aims for 25,000 Expulsions in 2006," from AKI, with thanks to JE:
Paris, 30 Nov. (AKI) - France's interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy has indicated he intends in 2006 to deport some 25,000 foreigners without proper papers, continuing a policy of increasing the number of such expulsions each year. Addressing the French Senate's commission on illegal immigration, Sarkozy also announced a tightening of rules governing asylum seekers.In 2006, temporary accommodation will no longer automatically be provided to asylum seekers if they turn down the accommodation offered them, Sarkozy announced. And if their application for asylum is rejected, the asylum-seeker will now have 15 days instead of one month to appeal the decision, he said.
"I have embarked on a policy of systematically sending people back," Sarkozy told the commission. "The number of deportations of foreigners without proper papers which have been carried out has risen strongly," he continued.
A total 10,000 deportations were carried out in 2002, 12,000 in 2003, and 15,000 in 2004, he noted. "There are going to be more than 20,000 in 2005, and I have set a target of 25,000 for 2006," Sarkozy said....
What are a few 1000 deportations when these merry chaps can always slip in again? I suspect the real positive effect such a move will have will be symbolic. It will make it easier for other countries to take 'France's lead' in this sphere and invoke similar (and hopefully tougher) legislation. It will also show the moslems that they cannot take western liberties for granted to abuse!
Frankly, I think this is the best news I've heard coming out of France in a while. If the French lose Sarkozy, they will be in a world of (more) hurt. He's the only one there with any balls whatsoever.
Yes, some good news. A small step, but progress nonetheless.
There has been ongoing post re Tariq Ramadan. If not quite relevant to this article, I just found some extracts (in French) from Frère Tariq by Caroline Fourest: http://www.lexpress.fr/formatimp/default.asp?idarticle=429895&url=http://www.lexpress.fr/info/societe/dossier/mosquees/dossi.
If there is any interest/need, I could try and translate it.
Mass expulsion is our only hope.
The key advance will be moving from expulsion for being an Islamic "radical" [sic] (or immoderate Moslem or whatever fantastic moniker you wish to use) to expulsing them for simply being Moslems.
Do you really think this can be accomplished? How many have been deported from the riots? Any? One? How many radical imams last year? One? Although I think it needs to be done, they haven't even stopped the camps of illegals parked at the chunnel entrace waiting to jump to England. The red cross organization is working hard to make sure they are not only not touched but are fed and warm and cozy. If they won't even close THAT down how will they do anything else.
France (and Norway, US, Sweden and everybody else) needs to stop giving ANY compensation, benefits, payments, housing, etc. whatever you want to call 'money' to newly arrived people NO MATTER WHAT... CHANGE THE LAW...The word will get out quickly. That will be the only thing that will stop the flow.
Does that sound harsh? Put it this way - would you travel to a country without the means to stay somewhere and eat while you were there and have money to get back? No. And neither should they. If there came a dire emergency only their relatives or embassy would have to help them. If someone wants cheap labor let the employers pay for them to arrive and depart and everything in between and see how quick they raise the wage and suddenly those lowly jobs will be filled by locals.
This brings visions of desperate people fleeing their war torn or horrible country. If they flee why don't they flee to the country next door? Again, that all sounds harsh, but these are NOT countries that are in the middle of civil war or embroiled in World War I or II. They are in the middle of islam and that makes them hellholes but then the refugee brings the ideaology with them and unless they can renounce the religion of anarchy they need to stay out.
But, but, but we need workers! What about the pensions! - Not these workers. They cause a negative cash flow. The pension fund of today is being drained by the benefits systems for these immigrants. And the pensioners will be ABUSED and forgotten by these immigrants. An underground cash economy doesn't pay into the pension system anyway. Look at Britain and all the immigrants they have and now they are saying they will have to raise the age of pensioners. Well if they pay into the system, why is that? Oh, you need even MORE immigrants? NO! They are DRAINING the system.
STOP immigration now.
http://www.cphpost.dk/get/92594.html
Backed by the immigration-adverse Danish People’s Party, the government implemented stricter rules for who could receive residence permits, slashed social benefit payments to newcomers, and introduced ways to force rejected asylum seekers out of the country, depriving them of benefit payments and granting them only a box of bare necessities to sustain themselves.
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How do 'newcomers' on benefits add to the pension fund again?
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Well, at least Denmark is doing SOMETHING.
This is a beginning, but a futile and nearly meaningless one at best -- It illustrates the staggering statistics confronting France, Europe, and the West in general regarding the infiltration of dangerous Muslim populations.
Beginning with an estimate of 6,000,000 Muslims in France, and an assumption that only 10% of them pose a threat to France's security, then this rate of expulsion will take fully 24 years (an entire generation) to purge the current crop of dangerous Muslim residents in their midst!
During that same time period, what will Muslims accomplish to counter the expulsions through their efforts to outbreed, or their efforts to continue to indoctrinate and cultivate even more dangerous radicals from their community? Surely, during 24 years, it will be a simple thing to outstrip the rate of expulsions by several orders of magnitude -- they will EASILY be able to fill the void such as it is with new eager members.
If you simply double the number of dangerous Muslims residing in France today to a mere 20%, then France is confronted with a 48 year time frame to flush the current crop of dangerous Muslims away at this rate... During this period, what will 2 generations Muslims be able to accomplish to erase or outstrip the effects of these meagre half-measures?
Simply put, at this rate, France is a COMPLETE GONER. PERIOD.
This estimate makes no assumptions about the effects on the remaining Muslim population as they witness the expulsion of some of their brethren. Does anyone doubt that this will NOT cause the remaining Muslims to love France more? Of course not!
Half measures such as this will only increase their hatred of France, and enhance their concocted claims of victimhood. Half measures against Muslims will only feed their aggression against the Western cultures and nations, and half measures will only exacerbate the rate and intensity of their Jihad against us!
So expulsions, especially ones which don't have any real net effect on the Jihadis lurking and fulminating in Europe, will only aid their Jihad, and provide additional pretexts for their lies --
Muslims will step up demands for concessions from France, to prove they aren't fighting Islam itself, and Muslims will step up their greedy and self serving extortions in order to receive further extravagant concessions and priveleges. This will also help fuel their abilities to outstrip and nullify half measures such as this we're seeing from France.
These numbers can't be ignored. This issue can't be ignored. There surely must be some gulps and gasps in European corridors as the craven leadership comes to grips with the horror in which they are enmeshed. This must be a mortifying time to be a non-Muslim European! The Muslims are eating it up with relish -- er whatever they eat stuff up with...
Illegal aliens only scratch the surface, the real problem are the fifth column subversives that have infected the body...parasites that have bored from within and like the Borg of Star Trek are converting France (and Europe).
Islam is an HIV infection, it hides behind the laws, liberalism,altruism of it's host until it does it's damage,gains strength and then goes into overdrive (as it has in France) to finish the job.
France, Europe and America should eject all Muslims, but that will never happen so long as it's masquerade as a religion is believed, supported by the governments and so long as Arab and Iranian oil money, and contracts and markets can corrupt the stock market, global corporations, CEO's, and Board of Directors.
How many people here know that the Saudi's chief lobby in Washington is Baker Botts Law Firm. The Law firm of James Baker III, whose clients are Exxon,the Saudis and the Bush Family Dynasty and their holdings, like Zapata Oil-United Brands (ex United Fruit).
"But, but, but we need workers! What about the pensions! - Not these workers. They cause a negative cash flow. The pension fund of today is being drained by the benefits systems for these immigrants. And the pensioners will be ABUSED and forgotten by these immigrants."
Supposedly the "French youths" were rioting because they were *jobless*. How the hell are the unemployed supposed to contribute to your pension scheme?
Anyway, don't government pension schemes depend on the younger generations caring enough for the older generations that they'll support the system? If Europe continues to flood itself with Muslim immigrants who are obviously having a tough time finding work - for whatever reason, be it "racism" or simple sloth - isn't it likely that they *won't* care enough about older generation Europeans to support their pensions? In fact, won't they be competing for the same state funds themselves?
Importing Muslims to save the welfare state must rank near the top of the Left's distinguished list of blunders.
spect8or~ my point exactly.