France to deport more Romanian Gypsies after discovering they are behind 80% of street crime
The vast majority of street robberies in Paris are now carried out by the children of Romanian immigrants, France’s Interior Minister has claimed. Claude Gueant said the notoriously poor and corrupt eastern European state is responsible for exporting some of the most notorious sneak thieves in the world.
Many operate in gangs around the Gare du Nord Eurostar station, preying on English travellers as they arrive by high-speed train from London.
Last year France launched an onslaught against illegal Roma camps full of Romanian immigrants which had sprung up around the French capital. In an interview with the Journal du Dimanche newspaper, Mr Gueant said: ‘Many illegal camps were evacuated. ‘However, we have to face up to another problem, that of Romanian delinquency. In Paris, 80 per cent of street robberies are committed by Romanian minors.
‘Along with the Romanian authorities, we are taking action against this delinquency, which is organised around cities and by mafia gangs.’ Paris police confirmed that there were now ‘dozens’ of Romanian gangs operating around major tourists attractions, and at transport hubs.
Passengers arriving at the Gare du Nord are often swamped by up to 10 Romanian girls asking ‘Do you speak English?’ and holding out their hands. Bodily contact is commonplace, with the girls delving into pockets and bags as they surround their victims.
Meanwhile, hardened male criminals will keep watch, or intervene with violence if anybody tries to fight the girls off.
Young boys also snatch phones and wallets from people sitting on the outside terraces of Paris cafés, while underground Metro passengers find themselves surrounded by crowd of youngsters who will pickpocket them.
‘Such scenarios take place all over Paris, and it is a growing problem,’ said a police spokesman. ‘We can disperse the children momentarily, but in the end they are minors and there is very little action we can take as far as holding them in custody is concerned.’
Mr Gueant, one of the most hardline French Interior Ministers in recent history, has not only pledged to deport immigrant criminals, but also wants to reduce the amount of legal immigration into France.
Earlier this month he met British Home Secretary Theresa May in Calais, where he pledged to reduce the number of migrants crossing over to Britain to claim asylum or disappear into the black economy.
Last year, the EU blocked Romania and Bulgaria from joining the EU’s passport-free travel zone because of fears of an influx of organised criminals.
Romania, which joined the EU in 2007, has also faced major problems as a centre for drugs and people trafficking.
Around 2000 Roma people, including many Romanians, are believed to live in France. Under EU citizenship rules, Roma people have the right to move to France but must have work permits to stay for longer than three months.
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Recent posts at CIS below
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1. Mark Krikorian Discusses Alabama Immigration Law on FOX and Friends (Video)
2. Leo W. Banks Wins CIS 2011 Katz Award (Articles, Video, Transcript)
3. Butterflies Are Free, But Immigrants Too? (Blog)
4. A New Way for a State Government to Sabotage Immigration Enforcement (Blog)
5. It Takes a Heap of Immigration Law Violations to Keep a Slave at Home (Blog)
6. Mexican Complaint of U.S. 'Ignorance and Prejudice' (Blog)
7. Skills Gap Grows, Even as Immigrants Are More Educated (Blog)
8. USCIS Is to Be Commended for Taking Action Against Immigration Crooks (Blog)
9. Mormon Church's Efforts to Save Utah Amnesty Bill Could Pose Problems for Romney and Huntsman (Blog)
10. Secure Communities: Just Do It (Blog)
11. More Troubles for H-1B Users: A Roundup of Enforcement News (Blog)
12. Immigration Policy and Competitiveness: Two Nuggets (Blog)
13. Overseas Immigration News Roundup: Good and Bad Case Studies (Blog)
Background
Postings from Brisbane, Australia by John Ray (M.A.; Ph.D.) -- former member of the Australia-Soviet Friendship Society, former anarcho-capitalist and former member of the British Conservative party.
Why is "La Raza" the one Spanish term that is NEVER translated in the American mass media? Because translating it would make it a lot less respectable. It means "THE RACE" -- The mixed Hispanic "race" of Mexico. Racism is fine South of the Rio Grande only, apparently.
The "line" of this blog is that immigration should be SELECTIVE. That means that:
1). A national government should be in control of it. The U.S. and U.K. governments are not but the Australian government has shown that the government of a prosperous Western country can be. Up until its loss of office in 2007, the conservative Howard government had all but eliminated illegal immigration. The present Leftist government has however restarted the flow of illegals by repealing many of the Howard government regulations.
2). Selectivity should be based on "the content of a man's character, not on the color of his skin", as MLK said. To expand that a little: Immigrants should only be accepted if they as individuals seem likely to make a positive net contribution to the country. Many "refugees" would fail that test: Muslims and Africans particularly. Educational level should usually be a pretty fair proxy for the individual's likely value to the receiving country. There will, of course, be exceptions but it is nonetheless unlikely that a person who has not successfully completed High School will make a net positive contribution to a modern Western society.
3). Immigrants should be neither barred NOR ACCEPTED solely because they are of some particular ethnic origin. Blacks are vastly more likely to be criminal than are whites or Chinese, for instance, but some whites and some Chinese are criminal. It is the criminality that should matter, not the race.
4). The above ideas are not particularly blue-sky. They roughly describe the policies of the country where I live -- Australia. I am critical of Australian policy only insofar as the "refugee" category for admission is concerned. All governments have tended to admit as refugees many undesirables. It seems to me that more should be required of them before refugees are admitted -- for instance a higher level of education or a business background.
5). Perhaps the most amusing assertion in the immigration debate is that high-income countries like the USA and Britain NEED illegal immigrants to do low-paid menial work. "Who will pick our crops?" (etc.) is the cry. How odd it is then that Australians get all the normal services of a modern economy WITHOUT illegal immigrants! Yes: Before the pandemic, you usually COULD buy a lettuce in Australia for a dollar or thereabouts. And Australia IS a major exporter of primary products.
6). I am a libertarian conservative so I reject the "open door" policy favoured by many libertarians and many Leftists. Both those groups tend to have a love of simplistic generalizations that fail to deal with the complexity of the real world. It seems to me that if a person has the right to say whom he/she will have living with him/her in his/her own house, so a nation has the right to admit to living among them only those individuals whom they choose.
I can be reached on jonjayray@hotmail.com -- or leave a comment on any post. Abusive comments will be deleted.
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