Almost two years ago, in our
article entitled “Immigration: Everyday problems and possible solutions with
.... common sense!” we stressed the fact that the very serious problems
arising from illegal immigration throughout Greece, surpass the economic crisis
plaguing the country. Sooner or later Greece’s Economic crisis will be overcome
either with difficulty or greater difficulty. However illegal immigrants that
has been methodically "planted" all over Greece since early 1990s are
becoming more and more out of the control of the state and the society with
visible and very dangerous consequences for the future of Greece. But let's
take things in order:
Greece geographically is a
corner store on a busy road: The morphology of the vast Greek coastline and
islands (13,676 km coastline -11th in the world-, 2,500 islands and
islets of which 165 are inhabited) as well as the peculiarities of the land
borders create nearly infinite “entrance” points to the country. Greece's
position within the European Union pull like a magnet armies of unfortunate
people of every color, religion and race from the vast and unending regions
of Asia, Africa, Eastern and Central Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East.
Decisive
"contribution" to the growing flow of illegal immigrants into Greece
are: (a) a number of NGOs
funded with goldmine millions not only by European taxpayers but also by
"willing" billionaires, (b)
the European center in Brussels, (c)
Turkey who systematically channel illegal immigrants – settlers to
Greece, coincidentally Muslims by 99%, (d) the natural inadequacy of
guarding vast Greek borders, and (e)
the globally flourishing modern slave trade of unfortunate
people from
all over the world.
The vast percentage of illegal
immigrants - settlers entering Greece, do not have the slightest cultural,
linguistic, religious or educational characteristics of the Greek society.
Perhaps they do not even have the intention to stay in Greece, initially
considering Greece as a very convenient
"bridge" to other destinations. Unfortunately, all those who fail to
go to other countries (or even if they do, are "returned" to Greece
as the “port of entry” to Europe) are very soon "incorporated" into
groups of similar people, creating in all major Greek cities dangerous ghettos
that are beyond any control. This is an increasingly stronger and potentially
explosive “tumor” inside the body of the Greek society that we all hope will
not explode with great noise and bloody consequences. The "detonators"
include the rampant crime in all its manifestations, the heavy threats to vital
issues such as national security, social cohesion, and population health, the continuously
worsening quality of life for Greeks and of course Islamic fundamentalism.
I remember that when the first
ragged, miserable and persecuted refugees arrived from Albania and Turkish
Kurdistan, we used to gather clothes and food to assist them. Surely we could never
imagine that the traditional humanity and hospitality of Greeks would open a
very dangerous road with no return!
In 2001, various studies and
surveys calculated the total number of foreigners in Greece to number between
870,000 and 1,000,000 people, ie, about 9% of the total population (George
Agorastakis "The enlargement of the European Union and the impact on
employment in the Region ", Chania , 04/11/2004).
At that time, Greek authorities
decided to enact law 2910/2001 which regulates certain aspects of migration,
with the (vain) hope to put an end to the flood of widespread illegal
immigrants - settlers who continued to be installed, almost undisturbed,
throughout Greece. The law stated that immigrants may enter Greece, but only if
they have a specific position within a specific employer and only if they have
granted a work permit. In other words, according to the 2001 Greek law, no one
from anywhere in the world is allowed to enter Greece illegally in search of
work.
Ten years later (2010), the Hellenic
Foundation for European and Foreign Policy - ELIAMEP stated in www.casss.gr that the number of immigrants in Greece ranges from 1,050,000 to
1,140,000, of whom 700,000 stay in Greece "legally." In contrast, a
report by headquarters of Hellenic Police (March 2011) calculates the
"legal" foreigners, (including the "legalizations" in 2005
from Law 3386 and in 2007 from Law 3536) to number 923,259 people.
Moreover, the Hellenic Police stated in the same report that 480,000 additional illegal immigrants –
settlers are living in Greece, for a total of 1,400,000 foreigners. With
the increasingly dangerous hot spots of unrest in the countries of North
Africa, the Middle East and Asia, the same report by the Hellenic Police
estimates that by 2015, illegal immigrants - settlers will top 1.2 million,
bringing the total number of foreigners living in Greece to 2,000,000
people. This number creates the largest percentage of immigrants vs total
population in whole of Europe! (Better not to think what may happen in 2030
to the children and in 2060 to the grandchildren of today’s Greek families if
they continue untroubled as if nothing is wrong ...).
In 2010, the
"inspired" law enacted by Yannis
Ragousis, Minister of Interior, regarding Decentralization and
e-Governance, (Law 3838/10), grants Greek citizenship to foreigners with
strictly formal requirements (years of legal residence of the applicant or
his family, attendance at a Greek school for some time, lack of convictions for
certain serious offenses). However in February 2013, The Hellenic
Council of State, judged as unconstitutional the provisions of this law
causing big trouble to various crooks and “pimps” who rushed to register
foreigners to the election polls, in order to get their vote! The decision of The
Hellenic Council of State was based on the grounds that the law should
demand for those applying for citizenship, individualized judgment for links
with the Greek nation and that the right to vote is restricted to Greek citizens
and cannot be extended to those without this capacity, unless a revision of the
relevant provision of the Greek Constitution is conducted.
In 2011, Law 3907 harmonized
the legislation of Greece with the European Union’s Community Directive 2008/114/EK
setting forth the conditions and the process of repatriation of illegal
immigrants in the EU member states. Repatriation occurs in two stages after the
adoption of the return decision, whether voluntary or forced. This departure
can be completed in the home country, by another third party country which
implements bilateral agreements (for example: Turkey), or by any other
third country which would choose to accept incoming immigrants who are
repatriating.
The official “Repatriation
Decisions” for illegal immigrants are issued for specific persons, for
specific reasons: (a) people who are
banned from entering the country, (b)
people who are subject to deportation by court order, (c) people who applied for a residency permit and get rejected, (d) people whose residency permits were
not renewed, (e) people whose permit
was revoked and lastly (f) people
who do not care to renew their residency permits.
The “sluggish” and subdued
application of possible repatriation of illegal immigrants - setters from Greece,
is the clear outcome as can be seen in the following table comparing the number
of arrests made by the police and port authorities with the number of
deportations of illegal immigrants from 2006 to today:
|
YEAR
|
ARRESTS of
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
|
DEPORTATIONS of
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
|
|
2006
|
95.239
|
17.650
|
|
2007
|
112.364
|
17.077
|
|
2008
|
146.337
|
20.555
|
|
2009
|
126.146
|
20.342
|
|
2010
|
132.524
|
52.460
|
|
2011
|
99.368
|
17.279
|
|
2012
|
76.878
|
22.117
|
|
Jan-March 2013
|
8.288
|
5.543
|
|
TOTAL
|
797.144
|
173.023
|
Table by Leonidas Koumakis – Source: Hellenic Police
The deficiency, however, of the
modern Greek state is unveiled by an official reply of Deputy Interior Minister
Chr. Athanasiou (26/2/2013), to a query of an opposition MP regarding the
number of illegal immigrants – settles spread throughout Greece from around the
world over the past two decades: “There is no precise or even reliable way
to estimate the number of illegal immigrants who are staying in Greece. Any
attempt to determine a number is risky!”
It seems clear that Greece in
the year 2013 does not know or cannot determine on a daily basis how many
illegal immigrants - settlers, move in to begin their new lives throughout the
Greek territory, wherever they please! Greece today, remains for a second
consecutive decade, the primary “entrance gate” into Europe, probably under the
code name “vineyards without fences!” In addition, Hellenic Police
managed to capture nearly 800,000 illegal immigrants within almost 7 years but
only 174,000 got deported, i.e, 21.7% - all the rest (626.000 people) plus all
those who were not arrested are colonizing the Greek cities, the Greek
villages, the Greek islands under the indifferent glance of Europe and the
world!
If anyone dares to focus on
this already important issue more than usual is immediately considered as a “fascist”
or “racist” by the so-called “intellectuals”, “democratic media” and all
their various offshoots!
A vast industry producing fake
‘Residency Permits’ has appeared within local Municipalities and
Communities continuously supplying thousands of licenses to illegal immigrants
and settlers and ignoring the immense damage caused to Greece. Of course, we
are not talking at all about the tolerant, ‘democratic’ mayors who are in
tandem with “cloudy” NGOs, acting as if they are “untouchables”. They perform
“humanitarian” work by stowing in the slums, without any elementary hygiene,
thousands of miserable and downtrodden people to whom they sell false dreams
and “protection.”
Indeed the words of
assassinated Prime Minister (1983-1989) and President of Turkish Republic
(1989-1993) Turgut Ozal are coming to mind. When he was referring to
Greek Turkish conflict, he use to say: “The problem cannot be solved with
how many airplanes each side has, but with the demographic!” That is what
we live in tensely today!
During the 400 year occupation
of Greece by the Ottoman Turks, the settlers - conquerors never exceeded
800,000 persons with heavy weapons and bloody losses. Today, 99.9% of all
Muslim settlers- intruders “forwarded” by Turkey from all parts of Africa, the
Middle East and Asia throughout Greece, has surpassed one million. All these
people colonize "peacefully" in Greece anywhere they wish!
Meanwhile, crimes committed by
illegal immigrants – settlers break one record after another all across Greece.
Moreover, the normal incidents of crime have been multiplied at chilling rates.
There have been dozens of homicides, even for causes of no importance, violent
crimes, armed robberies, the countless break-ins, thefts and muggings on the
streets, on the beaches, on and/or at public transportation sites and in parks.
Furthermore, prostitution of both white and colored women flood the main
streets of the major cities at night hours (and not only) without health
checks, an ever-growing rash of drug smuggling and human trafficking, resulting
in fears for personal security, and a dramatic decline in the quality of life
for Greeks.
Some of the sensitive
“activists” and various “progressives” of stupidity are able to dismantle an
entire city so as not to cut some trees which will “degrade the quality of
life” for a handful of residents. However, the same “activists” and
“progressives” do not give a damn about the drastic destruction of the Greek
quality of life and the everyday plight of millions of Greeks, who are suddenly
forced to live in a neighborhood with self-styled alien settlers that have different manners,
different customs, different languages, different habits, different behavior,
different religion with not the slightest possibility to assimilate into Greek
culture and society!
A shocking speech by poet Kiki
Dimoula (the third woman - member in the history of the Academy of Athens)
is a wake-up call for those with selective “sensitivity”:
“… I have lived in
Kipseli (cc: old district near the center of Athens) for the past 76 years of
my life and am still living on the same street… Kipseli was paradise, Pithias
street where I lived on, there were nice houses with gardens, you knew everyone
who lived on the street, the striking Fokionos street which descends towards
the 6th High School at Eptanisou street .....…. Let’s not forget the
reason why most of these immigrants came here, because of poverty of their own
country. They came to live here. Some foreigners (Albanians mostly), are returning
to their country. The only thing I do for Kipseli is to still live there.
However, we have to say, that there is a constant danger; the locals are in
danger of break-ins even on the street. I specifically remember one incident,
at Pithias 42, at my parent’s apartment where my sister lived. Two times she
went to the hospital; twice she was assaulted in front of the house door
because she could not find the keys to get in. The first time they took my
sister and her husband, taped their mouths and locked them in their bathroom
while they robbed the house undisturbed. Isolated incidents, yes, but fear is
unlimited. I’m not trying to say that all the foreigners in Kipseli are looters
and robbers. However, if you go to Kipseli square, you cannot step anywhere. On
the benches, only foreigners sit on them - very natural of course to spend
their time – they play their own games. This causes most Kipseli residents to
leave, that’s the reality. At the same time we like foreigners who left their
place so they can live and work here, however there must be a way to share the
space….”
The annual cost of illegal
immigration for Greece, already hurt by a strong economic crisis, is reaching
every single year to the levels of many billions of Euros! The payments made to
migrants who send money back to their families is close to one billion Euros
(922 million Euros, 2011 data). The free health treatment of illegal immigrants
in Greece (50% of the patients in the Greek National Health System are
foreigners) amounts to 150 million Euros (2010 data). The cost of imprisoned
foreigners (representing 65% of all prisoners) has risen according to 2012
data, to 81.5 million Euros. If the cost of each type and category of
government department and the cost of local authorities that work exclusively
in the field of illegal migration is added, the economic and social costs of
the rampant crime, the full tax immunity of the illegal immigrants, the cost of
free-rides throughout public transportation in main cities (90% of immigrants
don’t pay for tickets to use public transportation), ordinary or extra expenses
to keep safe the roads and the borders as well as other expenses, can give a
brief idea of the enormous cost of illegal immigration to Greece. And this,
when Greek government and politicians are “obliged” to cut pensions of 300
Euros from the older refugees of Pontus, just because they “did not complete 20
or more years of residency in Greece!”
The “civilization” of
politicians remains icily indifferent, but becomes immediately sensitive when
there is an opportunity to “legalize” colorful settlers from all over the world
for some votes, at the total expense of the Greeks!
How did Greece end up like this?
How did Greece get to this point? What went wrong? What's still wrong for this
incredibly bad situation?
(1) The
European legal framework: The Dublin
II Regulation of the European Union (343/2002) condemns Greece with 10 million
inhabitants, substantively as the most important 'gateway' to Europe of 700
million people! Greece is obliged to "welcome" illegal immigrants -
settlers arriving endlessly, mainly from Greek-Turkish borders. If Greek
authorities manage to locate some of them, and resend them back to their home,
the agreements signed with Turkey (2001), oblige the Republic of Turkey to
accept back the illegal immigrants entering Greece through Greek-Turkish
borders. Unfortunately these agreements are completely ignored by Turkish
authorities and are not applied. Just as the Treaty of Lausanne (1923) was
ridiculed by the Turks, not only do they fail to apply even a single article of
their obligations, but they do not fail to invoke any article that possibly
could favor them! The same fate awaits the agreement signed in Brussels (12
June 2012) between EU - Turkey providing the readmission of illegal immigrants.
(2) The incoherent,
hypocritical and contradictory European policy on immigration: The European Commission in an incoherent mixture of humanism,
progressivism and protection throughout Europe (except Greece),
has essentially has turned Greece into an ideal place for colonization
by allowing each white, black
or yellow people, from anywhere on the planet, to come freely and with
"rights" to Greece, but are strictly forbidden to leave for any other
European country! Even if someone escapes and reaches another European
country and is arrested, he is sent back not to his homeland but to ....
Greece! Several NGOs,
with European taxpayers' money and a lot of money provided by 'hidden'
millionaires, have been working for many years especially in the field
of
"human rights" for illegal immigrants - settlers arriving continuously
to Greece. Some NGOs even advertise Greece in deprived areas of the
world, as
the "ideal country of immigration!' These poor people who although pay
real gold to traffickers and various “patrons”, arrive in Greece
clutching
copies of their 'human rights', distributed by NGOs, so that they will
have no
problems within the European country that they decide to colonize! On
top of
this, Greece is accused by officials in Brussels that it “violates” the
rights
of illegal immigrants! This ultimate theater of the absurd is often
completed
with "expression of concern" by the Brussels bureaucracy, for the
rise of, just a few years ago non-existent, fascism in Greece! On one
hand Brussels
is generously sowing seeds that make fascism flourish, irrigating them
continuously
with incoherent decisions, and on the other hand is expressing 'concern'
recommending strongly anti-racist laws, in other words, "head hurts,
cut head "!
(3) Internal political
situation in Greece: In recent
years under the unbearable pressure of a huge economic crisis driven by a few
decades of opulence on the part of Greeks with borrowed money, the traditional
single-party Government seems to have became a thing of the past for Greek
political history. Most political parties currently operating in Greece still
consider the obvious meaning of “homeland” i.e. the place where we and our
family were born, the place for which many Greeks were sacrificed to arrive at our
generation, the place with ties of continuity from generation to generation,
the place where we live with people with whom we share a common history,
the same customs, the same language, the same interests, the same religion, the
same feeling that we belong as Greeks and of course the place we all want to
leave to future generations as precious heritage. Most of Greek political
parties also consider self-evident that the arrival of immigrants (legal or
illegal) is ??on the basis of hospitality in a country that over the centuries
has generated a specific persona, with certain characteristics, to which they
owe the utmost respect. If immigrants want to settle, they should be able to
adapt, adopting the language, the values and the ideals of the
country. However, there are parties of the broader left, with a completely
different approach to the issue of illegal immigrants considering (in general)
that there is only one, vast socialist homeland.
The Greek Communist Party
considers the problem as a consequence of "global capitalist
imperialist policy", asking that immigrants “be legalized, procedures
be simplified, the children of immigrants in the 18th year of age be given the
right to seek citizenship”, while expressing their radical opposition to Frontex
(European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External
Borders of the Member States of the European Union) saying that “racism,
xenophobia, nationalism and fascism are enemies of the working class and the
popular masses. "
Excluding Communists the wider left
which now has much broader appeal amongst the working classes, considers the
exploitation of immigrants as "class struggle because of the exploitation
that exist in work and production" and "racial due to
outbreaks of racism, xenophobia and social bias" by asking for
political rights to migrants, such as citizenship, opportunity to participate
actively in political life, etc., and "an open and ongoing legalization
process" with the additional explanation that "so, they can go
to any other European country they want!".
This reality, however, also
presents all the characteristics of a theater of the absurd: The left, battling
very hard in words for globalization, is in fact the most passionate and
effective advocate for immigrants, under the guise of "progressive
humanism" and "solidarity"! And indeed, "ignoring" the
(prophetic) words of the philosopher and the founder of communism Karl Marx
(1818 to 1883): "The purpose of importing foreign workers is the
maintenance of slavery and the cancellation of all claims of domestic workers
for wages and working conditions. The immigrant competes the native worker
and slowly reduces the wages to his own level. It is the most effective weapon
of the capitalist".
In other words, the left today
in Greece, on one hand systematically fosters the image of the immigrant’s
“protector” for all settlers arriving constantly in Greece, and at the same
time with these pronouncements, dynamites and dissolves salaries, day-wages, the
standard of living and quality of life of all Greek workers for whom it claims
to fight!
Conclusion: Most modern Greeks have an old, bad habit. For every unfortunate
circumstance happening in their country, their work, their family or even
themselves, Greeks usually blame
"others" - never or almost never, themselves. This is an
enduring inability which needs to be
resolved.
The tragic situation in Greece
today, with hundreds of thousands of undisturbed settlers with the necessary
"humanitarian protection", is the fault of all Greeks.
All Greeks because we elect incompetent or corrupt governors, mayors, etc.
who drown in hypocritical hyperbole
regarding 'humanism', 'democratic sensibilities" and "solidarity"
yet do not have the strength to face the most important of the serious and
intimidating problems of modern Greece.
All Greeks because we send to the Greek Parliament those who are
"squeezed" into the Izmir seafront with strange new - Ottoman
respects, those who are pissing the doors of TV channels supposedly
to protest, those who, on the very first day of their "power",
appoint to a public position, their daughter or their son, those who boasted
publicly that they screwed half of the female population of Athens, those who,
although responsible, "did not see", "did not listen",
"do not know" how a long list of possible (and very rich) tax evaders
disappeared, those who although members of Greek Parliament advertise ....
"Recipes for anarchy" - to cut a long story short, Greeks send
to Parliament every kind of unreliable persons with the illusion that these
people are able to solve the serious problems of Greece!
We are to blame because even though we see, hear and live through the effects of
the economic crisis, an outrageous everyday circumstance which is made worse by
the continuous arrival of illegal immigrants, we do not talk, because we are
afraid that we will be pinned with the label of "fascist" or
"racist."
We are to blame because we easily hire an uninsured immigrant with 5 or 15 Euros
per day and do not pay double or even triple to a Greek worker with the appropriate
insurance.
We are to blame because in order to save ourselves a few pennies, we buy smuggled
merchandise on the streets not thinking that by this action we are closing
tax-paying shops and we are sending to unemployment Greek workers depriving at
the same time, the Greek state from precious taxes.
We are to blame because those participating within the various committees and the decision
making organs of the left parties, do not dare, even if they think so, to
openly oppose the outdated viewpoints of these parties with the harsh reality regarding
to the crucial problem of illegal immigrants. With this situation, the united
Greek left parties have been transformed into the gold sponsor of fascism in
Greece, nonexistent just a very few years ago! This is because fascists in
Greece are simply thriving on the inability of all "democratic
forces" to understand the magnitude of the tragedy suffered in
excruciating ways everyday by middle class Greek people!
The leftists imposing these
viewpoints, more likely have not set foot for years in various streets within
the center of Athens during night hours, like Acharnon street, Patision
street, Omonia square and hundreds of other ghetto locations
within Greece!
We are to blame because we pretend that we do not see all this “smart guys”
within various posts of the wider state organization who have found a source of
enrichment from illegal immigration, in other words from the destruction of
Greece!
After the attempted
“self-criticism”, let's see what we can do in a practical way to deal with this
intolerable situation.
It is commonly accepted that
the current situation in Greece is for many people unbearable and is exacerbated
by the financial crisis, recession and incredible levels of unemployment -
especially among young people. For those, like Kiki Dimoula, who
actually have the misfortune to link their personal or professional lives with
places that have been colonized, everyday life has been turned into a real
nightmare. We must
therefore, firstly prevent the spread of the problem, and then try to narrow it
within the European average of immigrants - settlers at the level of 6% of the local
population. In this context:
(1) The most important thing Greece should do is to
immediately intensify the compliance with the European Community’s official “Repatriation
Decision” for all illegal immigrants - settlers, through fair and proper
procedures. It is crucial to give a very strong message that in Greece there is
no room for new settlers and that once they enter the country illegally they
will be sent back. The intensification of this process will help the country to
"decompress" the ghettos that are chock full of illegal immigrant in large
Greek cities like Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras. This will also help to reduce
the astronomical costs incurred by the country to cope with the illegal
settlers.
(2) It is very important to enumerate accurately all immigrants
- settlers that have entered Greece over last decades. The most practical way to
do this is to establish an e-card of different colors, with full
biometric details for each immigrant residing permanently or temporarily in
Greece, completely eliminating sinful “Residence permits”. In this way, even in
a few years, Greece will have an exact picture of the huge problem. Moreover,
it is easy for those who are not equipped with electronic e-card to issue an
official “Repatriation Decision” without law enforcement authorities
having to decipher cards to decide whether a "Residence permit" of a
settler is authentic or just .... false “permit”!
(3) Those immigrants, within the established ratio of up
to 6% of the Greek population, who really want to be incorporated into Greek
society in order to secure permanent residence should go through a "Special
programs of smooth integration into Greek society" which, among other
steps, will include learning the Greek language, Greek history and culture,
mandatory enrollment in cultural volunteerism activities and a spotless
criminal record. Only after "graduating" from the "Special
programs of smooth integration into Greek society" will the immigrant be allowed entry into the workforce, insurance, health and taxation
systems.
(4) In our
opinion, the Greek opposition parties and more broadly, the left-leaning parties, have a unique opportunity to gain
support because of the severity of the current economic problems and the harsh
and unpopular austerity measures that have been imposed, if they can propose
real solutions not only in matters of economy, but also in solving the
illegal immigrants crisis. The current proposal for "open and
continuous process of legalization" for illegal immigrants - settlers
entering Greece with the hope that they will move on "to any European
country they wish" can be considered only as a romantic dream. Before
the first "Legalization licenses” are even printed, Greece most
likely will be thrown out of the Schengen
Agreement and be saddled with the weight of an unspecified number of people, impossible to
bear. Moreover, the very active and 'specialized' NGOs will likely broadcast
around the "problematic" world, a powerful message that Greece welcomes
any settler who wishes to immigrate into the country, and thus provide an
"open and ongoing process of legalization" that no doubt will result
in new massive wave of arrivals. But the worst thing that is going to happen is
that this situation will favor the fascists and will probably "upgrade" them to the
level of the Greek opposition!
(5) It is widely
known that the City of Athens, and not only, has a variety of
activities for numerous immigrants - settlers that gather in the Greek capital
(Department of Foreigners with separate divisions for Administrative
support, Secretariat & Archives, Social Welfare, hostels for homeless
foreigners, clinics with free access to healthcare for foreigners, tutoring
services for learning the Greek language, intercultural childcare services, the
broadcast of foreign language programs by the Radio City Station "Athens
9.84" etc.). These fair humanitarian activities, funded by sorely
tried Greek citizens through controversial "Municipal Fees" must
necessarily be implemented in all Greek municipalities to provide support
services for voluntary repatriation of (legal or illegal) immigrants. However, it is essential that in the capital, the current Mayor of Athens, who is not at all
known as a religious politician, should stop planning construction of dozens of
mosques in Athens with the money of the citizens in order to further degrade
the quality of their everyday life! With a few more similar "genius
ideas", it is more than probable that in the next municipal elections, he
will donate the whole municipality of Athens to the fascists!
Finally,
we must note that, whether we like it or not, the 'current' Minister of Public
Order and Citizen Protection is the most active and most effective among all of
the previous Ministers paraded from this position in the last decade (or
longer):
The
fence along the border at the bridgehead Karagatz was completed to
prevent entry of illegal immigrants through the Greek-Turkish borderline
(16/12/2012). The installation of an intrusion detection system and network
thermal cameras and motion detectors along the Greek-Turkish borders was launched.
A visit was paid to Bangladesh for the signing of the first agreement against
illegal immigration (23/02/2013). The operation “Xenios Zefs” on land and
“Poseidon” on the Greek seafront to combat illegal immigration has been
applied consistently, resulting in the improvement, even if only a little, of
the situation within the large Greek cities. In this respect, some leftish opinions that "The
operation Xenios Zeus is insulting Greek culture" reminds us of the
idiomatic expression ”painting the bathroom while the
house burns”!. The number of Hospitality and Reception Centers for illegal
immigrants, where they are held when arrested at the border or in cities around
the country, are steadily increasing. In short, after almost two decades, something
is finally being accomplished in spite of the blissful apathy of the
irresponsible and populist politicians!
In conclusion:
Personally I do not feel any trace of racism, as is the case with the overwhelming percentage of Greeks, nor do I think
we have to segregate those people who deserve our respect, as most of them are
poor people seeking a better life. I just cannot accept the rampant and
relentless colonization of my country even one tenth of a centimeter beyond the
European average of our quota!
It
is often observed of various politicians, who lack any contact with
reality, that they must begin to understand that the Greek society has
for a long time surpassed the limits
of its endurance with the nonstop arrival of alien settlers in their
neighborhoods and within their homeland.
If they think that because they live in expensive suburbs, the problem
does not
concern them, they are grievously mistaken!
The chaotic cultural and
religious differences that divide us will certainly explode, making the tragic
incidents of dead and wounded in Sweden, England and France look like child's play.
On top of this, Greece
does not have friendly neighbors such as Denmark, France or Spain but rather is
surrounded by Turks, Albanians, Bulgarians and the Scopians (fake-macedonians),
with all that this entails...
Leonidas
Koumakis
July,
2013
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