How can it be ‘morally right’ to reward illegality?
Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by Richard Barnbrook in Latest News
A couple more press feeds previewed on this blog this morning. Let’s see where we go with these.
The Mayor’s Immigrants’ Amnesty: How can it be ‘morally right’ to reward illegality?
“Boris Johnson’s assertion that the granting of an amnesty to half a million illegal immigrants living in London would be ‘morally right’ is in fact morally indefensible” said London Assembly Member, Richard Barnbrook.
“These people have come to this country illegally. To do so, they would have travelled through or past other ‘safe’ countries en route to our shores. By granting them an amnesty, we are rewarding them for what is essentially illegal behaviour, and at the same time, sending out a clear message that Britain is a soft touch for immigrants.”
“If Mr Johnson is so concerned with a need for realism when it comes to achieving expulsions, then he needs to make every effort to insist that the government allocates more resources to finding and expelling those who have no legitimate business to be here,” said Mr Barnbrook.
“Sending out mixed messages is grossly unfair, both to those who have come and settled here legally, and to those who as a result of Mr Johnson’s confusing signals, may be tempted to make efforts to come here illegally.
Everyone will be the loser if the problem of burgeoning population levels caused by uncontrolled immigration is not tackled firmly and head-on,” said Mr Barnbrook.
School Children Failed by Government’s Inability to Control Immigration.
“The government’s failure to control immigration is directly leading to the marginalisation of London’s indigenous population, and the effect of this can be seen already in some schools,” said Richard Barnbrook, London Assembly Member for the British National Party.
Mr Barnbrook was responding to recent figures that show that almost a million primary and secondary school children speak English only as a second language. In the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, only 23% of pupils speak English as their first language. In one school in East London, three quarters of the pupils are not native English speakers, and some 56 different languages are spoken.
“My concerns revolve around not only the day to day difficulties this situation creates in carrying out the business of education in the classroom, but it is a clear wake-up call when it comes to realising that the ethnic composition of London has changed, and continues to change. Some people may consider that diversity is something to be celebrated. However, this is an issue upon which the native British people have never been consulted and many find themselves experiencing changes which have been foisted upon them by politicians, without their consent. Added to this, we simply have neither the resources nor the space to accommodate everyone who wishes to reside here.”
Mr Barnbrook expressed concern about the gradual widening effect this escalating problem, if not confronted by the government, could have in Barking and Dagenham, where he is a Councillor. “If this demographic change continues unabated, we could find a similar scenario occurring in Barking and Dagenham in the near future,” he said.
Mr Barnbrook stated that this situation graphically highlighted the folly of Boris Johnson’s recent call for an amnesty for the 500 000 illegal immigrants thought to be living in London. “Viewed against a back-drop of reality like this, the practical repercussions of Boris’s comments seem glaringly misconceived.”
