UK to face more racial violence?
Published: 23 September, 2009, 09:11
Edited: 17 June, 2010, 06:55
TAGS: UK, Hate crimes
Over the next twenty years, the UK may have to build a new house every five minutes, according to a British immigration watchdog. Meanwhile, amid a wave of racial attacks, support for right-wing groups is increasing.
Greenwich Islamic Centre, a South London mosque, regularly welcomes thousands of worshippers every week. Its community comes from all over the world. But more recently it’s been the scene of a different type of activity – arson.
Mosque caretaker Mohammed Kohelee heard a noise late one night, and discovered the building on fire. Worshippers suspect far-right nationalists.
“Mohammed tried to put the fire off by throwing buckets of water,” says the center’s director Dr Tariq Abassi. “They want to damage this place for some reason or another. They’re not happy that we’ve got a mosque among them. But they don’t realize, we’re only doing like churches or all the other synagogues – we are only praying to, we hope, the same god.”
Sociologists fear that rising numbers of immigrants in the UK will lead to an upsurge in violence such as this.
The mosque has been attacked three times, and on the last occasion, Mr Kohelee was hit with a hammer. The centre director says nothing was done about the previous attacks, and although Greenwich police say they have put their best men on the case, so far, no arrests have been made.
The number of British passports issued to migrants is set to hit record levels this year. In the first three months of 2009, 57 per cent more applications were approved than in the same period last year.
Think-tank Migrationwatch is concerned about the pressure this will put on UK resources.
“Our concern is the impact of immigration on population. At present levels, our population will increase by about ten million in the next twenty years. And seven million of that will be due to immigration. That’s going to add hugely to the housing requirement – we’re going to have to build a house every five minutes, day and night, for the next twenty years, for new immigrants,” says Migrationwatch chairman, Sir Andrew Green.
The organization says 80 per cent of the UK population wants to see a very sharp cut in immigration. That could account for the recent rise in popularity of political parties that support closing the doors on immigrants. The British National Party – BNP – is one of them.
“Our government wants us to celebrate the fact that we are being disenfranchised and replaced in our own country, which is absolutely ludicrous. But it is unfortunately true that unless the British people do wake up very quickly, they are in serious trouble,” believes BNP Deputy Chairman Simon Darby.
Earlier this week, an infamous refugee camp in Calais was cleared in an attempt to disrupt illegal immigration into the UK. “The Jungle” was home to around 1,500 asylum seekers, some of whom will be returned to the country from which they entered the European Union. Many, however, headed to neighboring ports which also serve the UK.
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Actually,we (UK)should have NO asylum seekers because they're supposed to apply for asylum in the first safe country they can get to. We're an island. They cannot get to us without getting to a safe haven first. They inevitably try to get here from France, which is a short hop but illegal, since France is a safe haven but they don't want them so they actively encourage them to come to Britain and we're a pretty stupid country at the moment and bend over backwards to take everyone regardless, which is why our country is no longer safe. We've imported a lot of criminals and now people are afraid to leave their homes at night. On the one hand I'm proud that we, as a country, welcome people who are in dire need of help but on the other hand our hospitality and good nature are being abused and the indigenous population is suffering. We're a very small island and can't take much more of this level of immigration. We're broke! When is this awful government going to wake up to reality.
There is no doubt about it - the UK immigration policy (if there ever was one) failed over a decade ago. The 'wake up call' went out a few years ago when we allowed literally tens of thousands (officially) to enter the country from the new EU countries (the unofficial figures put the number at well over a hundred thousand). It was also discovered that there were very large numbers of migrants from Pakistan and India (a substantial number of which were 'overstayers' - visas / permits expired) swelling the ranks of already very large communities who settled here after the end of our empire (as they had every right to do). The net effect of this, coupled to the higher birth rates of migrants, was that 'the British' became the apparent ethnic minorities in some parts of the country. A few weeks ago the government also admitted that up to 50000 visitors had 'vanished' - ie they have no record of them having ever the left the country. Previously, the government had admitted that there used to be thousands of 'health tourists' coming to the UK to use the free NHS hospital facilities before returning home (this has been stopped now but the memory lingers). There is a real perception here in the UK that our borders are wide open, and that once an immigrant gets their feet on UK soil the government will give them free housing, free healthcare, free education, and even free money to buy food and clothes - all at the expence of the British tax payer. The far right are really making this and various other issues soud like the country is being invaded and the indiginous British being pushed to the margins in thier own country - hence the rise of the far right in the UK.
In 50 to 100 years there will be a black king and Queen in the UK