Posted by Eva Ulian May 10, 2012

310. Gagging Immigrants

Africa offers its people what Europe cannot

A picture went round the world within moments. The picture shows an Algerian immigrant on a plane gagged with duct tape and covered with a surgical mask, all this at the hands of Italian police authority.

You would have thought people would feel indignation by such happenings but the vast majority of readers who commented on the Mail online were not at all horrified as such statements below go to show:

Why didn't they come to Britain? They could have sued the government and lived as millionaires as a result. Silly!

They had no right to be in Italy so they were kicked out so what’s the problem it`s a pity our politicians didn`t have the some bottle with Qatada.

We now see how it is done.

If these people cannot behave like human beings, (they were biting their lips and tongues and spitting blood at other passengers), then they give up their rights to be treated humanely.

And so on...

Team work is stronger in Africa

Analyzing this phenomena I wondered if it was pure and simple ignorance on the part of readers but then I thought, why should the vast number of people feel admiration for such actions? Aren’t these immigrants just looking for a better life? And I knew the answer right away from past experiences of immigrants coming to Italy.

Educating children in a safe environment

People who can in one way or another find the money to pay thousands to a racketeer for a ride across the Mediterranean of a mere 100 miles or as in this case pay for a flight to Istanbul via Italy (where of course one gets off) they know exactly what they are doing is wrong. But such people have an agenda as it has often turned out judging by those who end up behind bars, which is, to set up prostitution and drugs rackets. The conditions of Italian prisons, as is often in the news, is that of appalling overcrowding also because Italian prisons weren’t built with the proviso of “hosting” an extra third of illegal immigrants.

The better life is at home

Trying to find a better life indeed- ruining another nation by plaguing it with prostitution and drugs is more likely!

But that’s not all- these people who give thousands for a trip into Italy also make sure there are children and heavily pregnant women on board so as to make it look quite innocent and beyond suspicion of what the real motives of these illegal immigrants are.

One of the many wonders Africa holds

The Italian authorities as many European countries do, request labourers and care workers for the elderly from under developed countries. But obviously many of those who try to come here illegally have not in the least intention to work and earn an honest living otherwise they would have gone through the many agencies and applied legally to enter the country- and yes, there are many, many legal immigrants in Italy and in the rest of Europe.

Developing one's country is possible

However, the answer to the people in underdeveloped countries can hardly be to leave their own countries, their own families, their own culture and work in hostile and unfamiliar circumstances. Instead of throwing their money away on a boat trip across the Mediterranean with the almost certain probability they will be placed on a plane with a one way ticket, they should invest their money, time and skills in developing their own country. I know it is hard to clean and scrub for others, till the land, and work in industry making goods, but isn’t that what most mortals in the rest of the world do for a living? And would that not be what they would be doing in a foreign country? So why not do it in the familiar and friendly surroundings of home?

The land will bear fruit if it is tilled

The people of Africa are not alone, there are volunteers

And please, let’s not have the same old symphony that developing one’s country is not possible. There are many volunteer workers who are there to set up ways to develop the country. Tanzania is one of these nations that proves it can be done, but it is not the only one.

Tanzania- a modern developed city

Those who are seeking a better life, that life is by far best sought in their own country with its many marvels as these pictures show and not behind bars in a intensely overcrowded prison in Italy.