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To: steve harris who wrote (11637)	9/3/2005 9:37:25 AM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 20039

OT steve > When Nigerians that are starving start overwhelming Belgium That's most unlikely. They are all flocking to South Africa, with their compatriot Zimbabweans, Mozambiquans, Congolese etc etc, where they are welcomed by the ANC government.

To: steve harris who wrote (11637)	9/3/2005 9:40:15 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 20039

Re: When Nigerians that are starving start overwhelming Belgium we'll see what you think about it... Muslim socialite splits Italian right John Hooper in Rome Saturday September 3, 2005 The Guardian A Muslim model with political ambitions is prompting Italians to confront the issue of how ready they are to let immigrants integrate into their society. Before she has even chosen a party, Tunisian-born Afef Jnifen[] has driven a wedge into the Italian right. A week ago, the 41-year-old Ms Jnifen was living an uncontroversial life punctuated by appearances at celebrity parties and society weddings. After a career on the catwalks for Armani, Valentino and Roberto Cavalli, Ms Jnifen married the Pirelli and Telecom Italia boss Marco Tronchetti Provera, and seemed destined to spend the rest of her days trapped in the pages of Italy's gossip magazines. But last weekend she took part in a rally organised by a small centre-left party and accused Italy's second-highest-ranking dignitary of incitement to religious hatred. Marcello Pera, speaker of the senate and the man who would become head of state if President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi were incapacitated, warned last month that immigration could produce a "mongrel" Europe. Mr Pera, who is a friend of the Pope, is a leading supporter of the idea that Europe must reaffirm its "Christian roots". He wrote the introduction to the pontiff's latest book, The Europe of Benedict in the Crisis of Cultures.* Ms Jnifen said his remark amounted to "anti-Islamic instigation". She added: "Italians are more tolerant than Pera." It was the first in a string of soundbites that suggest Ms Jnifen's looks are not all she has to offer the left as it tries to unseat the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, at next year's general election. She has inveighed against "those who confuse faith with fanaticism" and declared herself ready to make "Italy loved in the Arab world and the Arab world loved in Italy". The leader of the party whose rally she compered said he wanted her to stand for parliament in Mr Pera's constituency. The organiser of the opposition alliance described her as an "important and significant" candidate. The threat has been acknowledged differently by the openly xenophobic Northern League, one of four main parties in Mr Berlusconi's coalition. Its official daily newspaper led with a report on Ms Jnifen's political debut under the headline Mongrel candidacies, and parodied her mission as "Let's mongrelise Italy". Other government supporters who welcome immigrants seeking integration were appalled. Ms Jnifen, who arrived from France 13 years ago and is now married for the second time to an Italian, is an outstanding - albeit atypical - example of integration. Earlier this week she declared: "I am, and I feel, an Italian." One of Mr Berlusconi's best-known supporters, the director Franco Zeffirelli, appealed to his countrymen not to see her as "someone trying to lay siege to our culture and traditions". On the contrary, she was trying to build a "bridge of friendship and understanding", he wrote in Corriere della Sera. guardian.co.uk [*] photogallery.tiscali.it

To: steve harris who wrote (11637)	9/30/2005 5:44:42 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 20039

Re: When Nigerians that are starving start overwhelming Belgium we'll see what you think about it... I despondently bow to your foreboding.... Five killed as migrants storm Spain's foothold on African soil By Elizabeth Nash in Madrid Published: 30 September 2005 Spain is set to send troops into its Morrocan enclaves after the latest attempt by would-be immigrants to storm the fences left five Africans dead and scores more injured. The attempt to breach the barrier at Ceuta early yesterday was the third this week as Spain's ancient territory on Morocco's Mediterranean coast proves an irresistible draw to those desperate to pass the frontier into Europe. Television pictures from Ceuta showed the 16ft razor wire fences strewn with ripped clothing and dozens of makeshift ladders. One refugee died as he scrambled over the spiked metal fence, another was reportedly trampled to death by the crowd of up to 600 desperate refugees who had tramped for months across Africa. More than 100 were injured - 30 requiring hospital treatment. "[The assault] cost the lives of five people - two on Spanish soil and three in Morocco," said Spain's Deputy Prime Minister, Maria Teresa Fernández de la Vega. She ordered an investigation into the deaths, and said Madrid would announce measures today to deal with the recent explosion of efforts by migrants to force their way into Spain's African territories. "We had security forces at the perimeter on the alert for something," said Jeronimo Nieto, Madrid's senior representative in Ceuta. "But a group that big, and so organised and co-ordinated, and the sudden way it happened was new to us." The chairman of a Moroccan organisation representing families of illegal immigrants said refugees came under fire as they rushed Ceuta's barrier in darkness. "Bullets have been fired into the migrants storming the fence to force their way into Spain," Jemmah Khalil said. Hospital sources at the Moroccan city of Tetuan reportedly said two bodies taken there had wounds from rubber bullets - standard kit used by Spanish border guards. But Spanish reports said the bullets came from the Moroccan side. Some 480 Spanish troops stationed in Ceuta and Melilla were mobilised yesterday to guard the frontiers, following complaints from civil guards that they needed reinforcements. The troops' role was only "a deterrent", officials said. Staff at Ceuta's overcrowded short-stay centre for immigrants took in 100 yesterday, bringing numbers to 500. "We've done everything we can for them, to offer food, warmth, showers. We don't care how they got here, we want to make them welcome. So many people are ready to give their lives to cross this frontier. We can't solve that problem, only offer help and our years of experience," a spokesman for the centre said. Yesterday's avalanche followed two nights of similar assaults upon the fences sealing off Melilla, further to the east. Twin fences, six miles long, surround the enclave with a strip of no-man's land between them. The barriers are topped with blades and guarded on the Spanish side. Guardsmen in riot gear tried to repel up to 1,000 migrants who besieged Melilla on Tuesday and Wednesday. Around 300 got in. Spain and Morocco are on friendly terms and plan joint efforts to stem the influx. Spain has started to raise Melilla's fence to 20ft. But the desperation and sheer force of numbers of those fighting to get into Europe mounts steadily. Building higher fences, one local aid worker said recently, "was like putting a gate in the sea". news.independent.co.uk