That’s 51. In two days. Just in case you missed the news. And while we are it, what exactly does “undue physical treatment” mean? That phrase would be equally fitting to describe a prostitute who performs one or two extra jobs on the client without billing him for these extras. Talk about convenient euphemisms.
J’addenda: If you have no idea what all this is about then just get back to work and don’t worry. (il)legal Immigration and (il)legal detention are other people’s problems.
Categories: Immigration · Politics (Malta)
(Picture appeared in today’s Times)
J’accuse joins the rest of the Maltese nation in congratulating Dr Katrine Camilleri who has been awarded the prestigious UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award for her efforts in ensuring that the legal rights of the boat-loads of immigrants in Malta are safeguarded.
Categories: Immigration · Interesting
In case you miss this letter in today’s Times…
Rowdy Football Matches – Emmanuel Vella, Msida.
Will somebody who is responsible far the two football pitches in the University sports complex make sure that whoever is using them does so in a well behaved and educated manner so the neighbourhood will not be disturbed with all the rowdiness, shouting and arguing? I have nothing against black people, I have nothing against irregular immigrants. But I want to live in peace!
Somehow it reminds me of Bobby Kennedy’s quote: “But suppose God is black? What if we go to Heaven and we, all our lives, have treated the Negro as an inferior, and God is there, and we look up and He is not white? What then is our response?“
Categories: Immigration
The BBC website has posted a short report on immigration patterns into Europe. This kind of study helps one better understand what is behind the boats that land on our shores.
Picture Source: BBC News
Categories: Immigration · Politics (International) · Politics (Malta)
We’re in the Economist this week. Not us, as in j’accuse, but us, as in Maltese. Buy your copy or sneak a peek at your local newsagent (page 31 – article is called Tidal Wave: Malta and Immigration). Josie Muscat and his new party get a mention – probably the fastest track to an international paper for a newborn party ever.
Dr Gonzi (our PM) makes an interesting statement that is bound to make all the readers reflect before condemning Malta’s attitude (as expressed in the press): “The numbers who came to Malta last year are equivalent to half our birth rate“, sez our PM.
The Economist article ends on a different note:
Malta may be densely populated (three times more than the Netherlands), but its immigrant population is still tiny. Officials say they have no precise total, but their estimate is below 3,000 – fewer than the commonly touted figure of 7,000 arrivals since 2002, and laess than 1% of the island’s 400,000 population. Malta’s EU partners could be forgiven for feeling that, as in other respects, the union’s southernmost member is just catching up with them.
If you cannot afford the time or money to check out the Economist, a link to the article will probably appear on WT in about two weeks time. Never say never.
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When you are done stealing or buying the Economist pop over to your local DVD rental and get a copy of “ ‘V’ for Vendetta“. It’s been out for some time now. I had missed it and only saw it one evening this week. A must see – at least as far as j’accuse is concerned.
Categories: Culture · Immigration · Interesting · Politics (International) · Politics (Malta) · The Media
