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Letters • July 11 2004


Send them all to Italy and France

Tiny Malta cannot take in anymore illegal immigrants.
Much has been said about Norman Lowell’s heedings and warnings mainly about illegal immigrants arriving in our shores. I personally don’t agree with his remedies to solve the problem.
A few weeks ago the three political parties on Xarabank had no other choice but to shake hands in some sort of ‘forced effort’ to show the TV viewers that they disagree with Norman Lowell’s warnings and comments about the bad repercussions Malta and Gozo will have to face in a few years’ time should we keep on allowing illegal immigrants to stay on.
Well done! But our political Leaders should now bravely say the truth to the world that: while Malta and Gozo, will always traditionally offer their great hospitality and care to these unfortunate illegal immigrants; at the same time we cannot keep them permanently here, so we will have no other option but to provide them with food, clothing and fuel and help them proceed to Italy or France.
Of course we must not send them back to their country of origin to be killed. So, with a bit of diplomacy and strong argument we should explain (through our five EU MP’s) to the EU and UN assembly that Malta and Gozo are so small and so overcrowded that we cannot cope or afford to have these poor unfortunate people to stay permanently here.
It is a fact that the Maltese are losing their identity and this is being felt all over our islands. In seven years’ time we will be saying I was right. Just wait and see!
Hopefully our politicians will bravely stand up and face this issue, now, before it is too late.

Jean Agius
Attard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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