Apartheid wat niks anders was as om volke die reg te gun om hulleself te wees sonder die negatiewe invloed van vreemde kulture, word al hoe meer wêreldwyd toegepas.

Wat interessant is, is welke volke nou sterk standpunt inneem om konflik en konfrontasie te probeer vermy as gevolg van toenemende integrasie.

 

Die druk wat op Suid Afrika aangelê was het die deure vir toestroming deur volksvreemdes na daardie lande oopgemaak wat Suid Afrika onder druk geplaas en/of die afskaffing van afsonderlike ontwikkeling ondersteun het. Volksvreemde oorheersing word nou ‘n wesentlike bedreiging sodat allerhande maatreëls getref moet word om die inheemse aard en identiteit van inheemse volke te beskerm. Die politieke vêrsig  en skranderheid van voormalige Blanke Afrikanerleiers sal hoe langer hoe meer erkenning kry namate die immigrante se eise vir gelykheid en burgerskap toeneem. Lees gerus die artikels hieronder. (Die AVP plaas die artikels in die taal waarin dit ontvang is vir die voor-die-handliggende waarde daarvan. Die beklemtoning dui op die korrektheid van ons standpunt.)

Czech president tells migrants: 'No-one invited you'

2015-08-02 19:18

Milos Zeman. (File, AFP)

 

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Prague - Czech President Milos Zeman lashed out at illegal immigrants on Sunday after dozens tried to flee a detention centre, prompting police to use tear gas against the demonstrators.

"No one invited you here. But now you are here, you must respect our rules, as we respect the rules when we go to your country," he said in an interview published on the website of popular newspaper Blesk. "If you don't like it, then leave."

 

 

About 100 people who were awaiting deportation, mainly from Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, tried to flee a detention centre in the northeast of the country on Friday.

Police were called in and used tear gas against the migrants, some of whom caused damage to the centre, the authorities said.

 

Interior Minister Milan Chovanec had said the migrants were probably trying to reach Germany.

 

"We can better assist these people on their own territory," said Zeman, a former Social Democrat prime minister.

 

"We should work to bring down these terrorist regimes, ISIS in particular, to eliminate the main reason they leave [their own countries]," he said.

 

The Czech Republic has agreed to host 1 500 refugees by 2017.

 

During the first six months of the year, Czech police intercepted 3 018 illegal migrants, up almost 50 on the same period in 2014, according to police.

 

French riot police disperse migrants at Channel Tunnel

 

2015-08-02 14:46

Police clash with nationalist counter demonstrators as people rally to support migrants trying to cross into England through the channel tunnel from France. (Justin Tallis, AFP)

Police clash with nationalist counter demonstrators as people rally to support migrants trying to cross into England through the channel tunnel from France. (Justin Tallis, AFP)

 

immigration the major concern for Europeans

UK's Cameron wants sniffer dogs, fence to stop migrants

UN warns Britain of 'xenophobia'

    

Coquelles - French riot police have sprayed migrants with a chemical irritant as they tried to storm the Channel Tunnel, and the British and French interior ministers said the nightly attempts to reach Britain are part of a "global migration crisis" that needs an international solution.

 

The migrants, who broke down several security fences late on Saturday, were forced to retreat by riot police as they attempted to breach the final fence near the entrance of the 50-km tunnel under the English Channel.

 

The migrants, estimated to number around 200 by an Associated Press journalist, faced off for close to an hour with security forces, chanting slogans including: "Open the border" and "We are not animals."

Government's 'top priority'

 

Thousands of migrants have been scaling fences near the tunnel, often referred to as the 'Chunnel', in recent weeks, trying to hop on freight trains or trucks destined for Britain. One man was fatally crushed by a truck.

 

Most of the migrants have fled war, dictatorship and poverty in Africa and the Middle East, entering Europe Greece or Italy before heading north. Many think Britain offers the best prospects, because of the English language, welfare benefits and the perceived ease of getting a job.

 

The migrant activity at the Chunnel - combined with a series of strikes by French ferry workers - have disrupted freight and passenger traffic, and spurred both governments to promise higher fences, more surveillance cameras and extra security guards.

 

In an article published in Britain's Sunday Telegraph and France's Journal du Dimanche, British Home Secretary Theresa May and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said stopping the flow of migrants was "the top priority" for both governments.

 

But they added that the entire European Union must "address this problem at root."

 

They said many migrants saw the streets of Europe as "paved with gold" and "we must break the link between crossing the Mediterranean and achieving settlement in Europe for economic reasons."

 

The governments are keen to show a united front on this issue, but many British politicians have criticized France for supposedly lax security at the tunnel.

 

Immigration the major concern for Europeans

2015-08-01 21:21

UK's Cameron wants sniffer dogs, fence to stop migrants

2015-08-01 16:43

 

Migrants walk along railway tracks at the Eurotunnel terminal. (Philippe Huguen, AFP)

 

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London - UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that he is drawing up plans to help France tackle a spike in attempts by migrants to enter Britain illegally via the Channel Tunnel.

"The situation is not acceptable. Starting with helping the French on their side of the border, we're going to put in more fencing, more resources, more sniffer dog teams, more assistance in any way we can," Cameron said on Friday following a meeting with Britain's emergency response committee 'Cobra'.

Cameron is under pressure to deter the migrants, many of whom have travelled from Africa and the Middle East, after disruption to cross-Channel passenger and freight traffic.

"This is going to be a difficult issue right across the summer."

Britain has pledged $34m so far towards improving security at the French end of the tunnel that connects both the countries.

French police have in recent days prevented thousands of desperate attempts to scale fences around the tunnel terminal in Coquelles near Calais, although many migrants have successfully made it across.

France sent 120 additional officers to the site this week.

Cameron was expected to speak to French President Francois Hollande later on Friday to discuss the issue.

Political headache

Re-elected in May, Cameron has promised to cut net annual migration to Britain to the tens of thousands, a pledge he failed to keep during his 2010-15 term in office when it hit a near record high of over 300,000 people.

The issue is a sensitive one as it plays into Britain's debate about Europe ahead of an EU membership referendum Cameron has promised by the end of 2017.

Migrants have long gathered in Calais to try to get into Britain. But Eurotunnel, the firm that runs freight and passenger shuttles via the Channel Tunnel, said the numbers have swelled to around 5,000 people from about 600 and that it is struggling to cope.

It said migrants have also become better organised, mounting nightly attempts in large groups to storm the facilities.

Eurotunnel has sometimes been forced to suspend its services, causing disruption at what is one of the busiest times of the year for British holidaymakers.

The situation has caught the imagination of Britain's tabloid newspapers, becoming a political headache for Cameron.

He is under pressure to get tough on the migrants from many lawmakers in his ruling Conservatives. But he also has to contend with political rivals unhappy with the debate's tone.

The opposition Labour Party has criticised Cameron for referring to the migrants as a "swarm", saying the term was dehumanising and stirred public hostility against people sometimes fleeing poverty and conflict.

Cameron vows to deport more migrants

2015-07-30 13:45

British Prime Minister David Cameron. (File: AFP)

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London - Prime Minister David Cameron promised to deport more migrants who enter Britain illegally on Thursday, as hundreds of migrants stranded in the French port of Calais continued efforts to reach the Channel Tunnel linking the two nations.

Despite a "very testing" situation, with several thousand migrants hoping to reach Britain from Calais, the country will not become a "safe haven", Cameron told reporters during a visit to Vietnam.

Britain and other European nations faced a "swarm of people coming across the Mediterranean, seeking a better life", the BBC quoted him as saying.

"But we need to protect our borders by working hand in glove with our neighbours, the French, and that is exactly what we are doing," Cameron said.

More illegal immigrants will be deported from Britain, he said, "so people know it's not a safe haven".

 

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Brussels - Immigration is the main concern of Europeans, ahead of economic problems and unemployment, according to a new opinion poll released by the European Commission.

A similar poll last November had the economic situation, employment, and public deficits top of the list.

Since then immigration has been a hot topic, with Italy, Greece and Malta having to deal with unprecedented arrivals by sea from Africa and the Middle East.

The latest flashpoint is in Calais, northern France, where each day hundreds of migrants attempt to sneak across to Britain via the Channel tunnel.

According to the study, released on Friday, 38% of respondents across the European Union cited immigration as their top concern.

This issue is "now way ahead" of the economic situation which was the foremost issue for 27% of the people polled, and unemployment (24%), the study said.

"It is the number one most frequently cited concern in 20 Member States reaching peaks in Malta (65%) and Germany (55%)."

The "expectations for the economy are improving and support for the euro remains stable," according to the findings of the "Spring 2015 Standard Eurobarometer" poll.

Concern for terrorism at EU level has also increased significantly since November, up six points to 17%.

In Italy, where tens of thousands of migrants have fled aboard rickety boats across the Mediterranean, immigration was the top concern for 43%of people.

According to the study, the number of Europeans who say they have a positive image of the EU has risen from 39% last November to 41% in May, with only 19% having a negative image.

The poll was conducted through face-to-face interviews in May with more than 30 000 people across the EU's member states and candidate countries.