Visa. Now.

Written by Paul Fromm

Saturday, 14 January 2012 01:33

*Visa. Now.* “Hungary is a democracy and a member of the *European Union* [and Gypsies or] Roma remain free to start new lives in other EU states. ... With so many nearby European options, why are Roma flocking to Canada? [Why did the chicken cross the road?] From a paltry 34 in 2007, the number of Hungarian applicants climbed to 2,297 in 2010. That made Hungary the top source for refugee claimants in Canada that year. [It was still top source country in 2011, when 2,500 claims were launched between January and September alone. By October, *Pearson Airport* was scrambling to cope with an influx of 50 Hungarian refugee claims every night -- one night, 110 arrived]. The *Immigration and Refugee Board* doesn't keep stats by ethnicity [Why ever not?], but almost all Hungarian applicants are thought, by those who study the issue, to be Roma. And in recent years, Canadian officials have not greeted Roma asylum seekers with particular warmth. Roma refugee claimants from the Czech Republic are the main reason a visa requirement was reimposed on visitors from that country in 2009 [after a mere 95 arrived at Pearson one June night]. Rumblings of a similar sanction on Hungarians bubble up every few months. Success rates for asylum seekers from Hungary, meanwhile, have dropped off in the last half-decade. In 2006, 52 per cent of Hungarian claimants were accepted; just two per cent were accepted last year. ... More than 1,000 Hungarian applicants abandoned or withdrew their claims last year. " (*Maclean's*, December 14, 2011) The old $50,000-per-refugee-claim figure has been bruited about for over a decade. According to the refugee-centric *Toronto Star* (April 4, 2011), *"it takes at least two years to process refugee claims and each claimant ends up costing taxpayers about $150,000*." Even at the old "bargain price" of $50,000 per claimant, a 2% approval rating simply does not justify the drain on the treasury. *The Toronto Sun* would report on the extent of the abuse on October 26, 2011: "Entire Roma families, from babies to grandmothers, are getting off flights and claiming refugee protection at Pearson. ... Officers said many of the refugee seniors and children suffer from health issues and expressed concern they're placing a burden on the health-care system." A not insignificant consideration: While they mark time, "refugee claimants are eligible for *Interim Federal Health* benefits — including emergency treatment for serious medical and dental conditions, immunizations, essential prescription drugs, contraception, and pre-natal care — as well as provincial assistance [that's welfare to you -- or rather -- from you] and education for their children. ... When *Jason Kenney* made a surprise appearance at a roundtable with Roma community leaders and asylum-seekers [in late October, he] wanted answers: What is driving the record, silent flood of Hungarian Roma refugee claimants streaming into Canada, and why are so many ultimately abandoning or withdrawing their claims? [The draws, including welfare, were predictable, but] what of his question about the number of Hungarians who drop their claims? The process takes too long. Toronto’s bed-bug situation is insufferable. '[Bed bugs] came up two or three times,' Mr. Kenney said, referring to the meeting at Toronto’s *Roma Community Centre*. ... That bed bugs could evict from Canada someone supposedly fearing for their life, or that waiting a few months for a refugee hearing is a deterrent to staying safe in a free country, all but confirmed for the minister what he already thought: Many of the 2,298 claims filed last year are 'not *bona fide*,' and the migration by Hungarian Roma is 'very peculiar,' 'bizarre,' and 'very well-organized.' 'Asylum isn’t about whether you like the country you live in, it’s not about whether life is easy there or not, it’s not even about whether you might occasionally face discrimination,' he said. 'If people are interested in Canada because they want to pursue a quality health care system, or economic opportunities, or they don’t like their country of origin, then I would invite them to apply through our immigration system like everyone else.' ... When asked where the hundreds of Hungarians who abandoned their claims over the past three years might be, *Paul St. Clair*, a Roma resettlement worker, said, 'Who knows, they could be underground or they could have left the country.' He pegged the high withdrawal rate, in part, to people becoming discouraged — due largely to Mr. Kenney’s public statements that the Roma claims are mostly bogus. [Speaking of manipulative passive aggressives], *Richard Kurland*, a Vancouver-based immigration lawyer and policy analyst, echoed Mr. Kenney’s skepticism, and chalks the flood of Hungarian Roma claims to 'sheer abuse.' He said many Hungarian Roma asylum-seekers have 'done a calculation on how much they can milk from the Canadian and provincial governments.'" (*National Post*, November 4, 2011) Note that if you are not overly fastidious about your status (or bedbugs), you remain eligible for all these freebees, whether you are here legally or not. And of course, challenging the *IRB* decision can extend the gravy train for years. Impose a visa now!!!!. [This article appears in the January, 2012 issue of the *CANADIAN IMMIGRATION HOTLINE*. Published monthly, the *CANADIAN IMMIGRATION HOTLINE*is available by subscription for $30 per year. You can subscribe by sending a cheque or VISA number and expiry date to *CANADIAN IMMIGRATION HOTLINE*, P.O. Box 332, Rexdale, ON., M9W 5L3.] *Our On-line Readers Comment* ** *During my visit to Paris last year I was able to see first-hand how a few hundred - let alone a few thousand - gypsies can turn a western city into a pigsty and garbage dump. It was indescribable! One day, the Paris police 'took the liberty' and drove a large number of gypsies out of Paris; they did it this way (which apparently caused a furor in the media): They separated the women and children from the men, put them on separate buses and had them driven way out of the city! I don't know what happened later, but usually, they just return through the backdoor somehow. They need to be driven out of the country, and some mechanism to be installed to make sure they won't come back. -- I.S.* ** *Mr.Fromm, Many of the newly arrived Roma choose to 'reside' in Parkdale[in West Toronto.] The local schools are struggling to introduce the Roma children to Canadian ways, but it seems that the cultural differences are just too great. After WW2, some eastern communist countries made serious efforts to integrate the Roma into their societies, providing the Roma with jobs,housing and education. The Roma just turned their backs on these generous efforts and went back to their former lifestyle of petty-crime and the sex- trade. On the positive side, violent crime is not common among the Roma unlike some of our 'other' group(s) of immigrants. Thank you for your efforts to inform fellow Canadians about our 'imigration' policies. It seems like the inmates are running the insane-asylum. -- J.S.*

 

Can Anyone Explain This To Me?

Written by Paul Fromm

Friday, 13 January 2012 00:30

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email newsletter was sent to you in graphical HTML format. If you're seeing this version, your email program prefers plain text emails. You can read the original version online: http://ymlp213.net/z7StoO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can Anyone Explain This To Me? The Editor, The Globe and Mail, 444 Front St., W., Toronto, ON., January 8, 2012 Dear Sirs: An article in the Globe and Mail (January 7, 2012) trumpeted: "Job creation stumbles as cuts loom." It noted: "Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 7.5 per cent from 7.4 per cent in December.. ... Thee Canadian economy ... lost 55,000 (jobs) in the last quarter." Can anyone explain to me how, with official unemployment soaring to 7.5 per cent (this figure, excludes those who have already exhausted their Employment Insurance benefits) Canada still plans to admit about 265,000 immigrants and issue over 200,000 temporary work visa permits? This mindless immigration intake is heartless and cruel to Canadian workers who are unemployed. It is not fair to immigrants either. With such high unemployment, there are just two possibilities: the newcomers will take jobs from Canadians, with the result that these Canadians must be supported on EI or welfare; or, they do not find a job, with the result that again the Canadian taxpayer must support them. In either scenario, Canada loses. In a blockbuster report on the malign effects of recent immigration policies last year, Fraser Institute author Herb Grubel, a former Reform MP and professor emeritus in economics at Simon Fraser University, concluded that a moratorium on immigration would significantly reduce poverty in Canada. That's obvious, as a moratorium would help us get our own unemployed people back to work faster and ameliorate their poverty. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and all the rest of the MPs around the Cabinet table, is anybody listening? Does anybody care? Paul Fromm Director CANADA FIRST IMMIGRATION REFORM COMMITTEE _____________________________ Unsubscribe / Change Profile: http://ymlp213.net/ugmjhqsqgsgbbqgeuq Powered by YourMailingListProvider

 

Can Anyone Explain This To Me?

Written by Paul Fromm

Friday, 13 January 2012 00:24

*Can Anyone Explain This To Me?* The Editor, *The Globe and Mail,* 444 Front St., W., Toronto, ON., January 8, 2012 Dear Sirs: An article in the *Globe and Mail* (January 7, 2012) trumpeted: "Job creation stumbles as cuts loom." It noted: "Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 7.5 per cent from 7.4 per cent in December.. ... Thee Canadian economy ... lost 55,000 (jobs) in the last quarter." Can anyone explain to me how, with official unemployment soaring to 7.5 per cent (this figure, excludes those who have already exhausted their Employment Insurance benefits) Canada still plans to admit about 265,000 immigrants and issue over 200,000 temporary work visa permits? This mindless immigration intake is heartless and cruel to Canadian workers who are unemployed. It is not fair to immigrants either. With such high unemployment, there are just two possibilities: the newcomers will take jobs from Canadians, with the result that these Canadians must be supported on EI or welfare; or, they do not find a job, with the result that again the Canadian taxpayer must support them. In either scenario, Canada loses. In a blockbuster report on the malign effects of recent immigration policies last year, Fraser Institute author Herb Grubel, a former Reform MP and professor emeritus in economics at Simon Fraser University, concluded that a moratorium on immigration would significantly reduce poverty in Canada. That's obvious, as a moratorium would help us get our own unemployed people back to work faster and ameliorate their poverty. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and all the rest of the MPs around the Cabinet table, is anybody listening? Does anybody care? Paul Fromm Director CANADA FIRST IMMIGRATION REFORM COMMITTEE