I've just read an article entitled Refugees stuck in hopeless situation at EU border in Bosnia and I am wondering what the Bangladeshis and Pakistanis are doing there. When did they become refugees? How do we define "refugees"? According to the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, a refugee is a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or prosecution. But what kind of danger or prosecution are they trying to escape from? As far as I know, they are only leaving their own countries to look for a better life in other countries. So I consulted the American Heritage Dictionary to get a better definition of this word. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a refugee is one who flees in search of refuge, as in times of war, political oppression, or religious persecution. The question is - are these people at the EU border in Bosnia fleeing from war, political oppression or religious persecution? If they are merely looking for jobs and better living conditions, then "migrants" is a better word for them.
Migrants from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East who are looking for better lives in the EU are stuck in Bosnia-Herzegovina after being pushed back by the Croatian police. It is now winter and they are freezing in the cold weather due to lack of facilities. When a fire broke out in the Lipa Camp, believed to have been started by the migrants themselves, their living conditions deteriorated further. Wrapping themselves in blankets and sleeping bags and surviving on meagre food parcels, their conditions are said to be alarming. A migrant from Pakistan, Kasim, said, "We are living like animals. Even animals are living better than us! If they do not help us, we will die." Who invited them to the EU border? Nobody but themselves. Why burn the camp when they need shelter and create problems for others? To rebuild the Lipa Camp, the EU has been kind enough to allocate an additional £3.5 million to Bosnia and Herzegovina so that these migrants would not be left without shelter during the winter.
To get to the EU border in Bosnia is not cheap as each of these migrants has to pay 7000 euros to the smugglers to get them there. It seems that human smuggling is in great demand today and the smugglers are really making big bucks out of this trade. But why take so much trouble to reach the Bosnia camps and "live like animals"? If the migrants can afford to pay 7000 euros to the smugglers, why not make good use of the money and start a business in their own countries? In this way, they can also contribute towards their countries' progress and economic growth. No, they won't die. All they have to do is to go back to their countries of origin and stop making trouble for the EU especially during the coronavirus pandemic when every country is having its own problems.
What will the EU do to help migrants stranded in Bosnia waiting to cross the border into Croatia? In actual fact, the EU has done a lot for the migrants already and it is unfair to say that they are not doing enough for these people. Despite these hard times, the EU has allocated around £85.5 million to Bosnia to help the migrants at the Bosnian camps even though they are not EU citizens. And £85.5 million is a lot of money to spend on the migrants at a time when the citizens of the EU countries are suffering because of the pandemic. To be fair, this significant amount of money should be paid by the migrants' countries of origin and NOT the EU. Why should the EU support these migrants? The EU taxpayers' money should be spent on the EU taxpayers and not migrants from other countries.
It should be noted that the EU is not a dumping ground for refugees and migrants. They have their limits and the world cannot expect them to take in everyone who wishes to achieve their EU dream. Perhaps the EU should stop supporting the migrants and see what happens next. These migrants are smart people - they will flee immediately when there is no food and shelter so there is no need to worry about them. They won't die. If they cannot enter the EU, they will find a new target, perhaps the US or Canada this time. For years, the Bangladeshis and Pakistanis have been targeting Malaysia. Ever since Malaysia began to curb foreign workers and the influx of illegal immigrants, the EU has become their new target! That is why there are so many of them at the EU border in Bosnia now.
I am writing this article because I really feel sad for the EU countries as they are struggling with a surge of Covid-19 cases and the situation is getting worse. As of today, the number of confirmed covid cases in Germany increased by 18,678 to 2.04M and its death toll rose by 980 to 47,121. France's covid toll has passed 70,000 with the number of confirmed covid cases increased by 21,406 to 2.89M. Italy's toll has already passed 80,000 with the number of confirmed cases increased by 15,446 to 2.37M. As recession deepens, triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the EU countries are being burdened with the migrants. How sad! With so many people dying, out of work, and homeless during this pandemic, the EU's priority should be their own citizens and not migrants from other countries who are taking advantage of their generosity. Perhaps it is time for countries like China, Korea, Japan, as well as the rich Gulf countries to share the burden of the global refugee / migrant crisis.
Should the large influx of migrants into the EU countries be encouraged? Throughout the years, the EU has been taking in lots of refugees and because of that, migrants who want better living conditions also take this opportunity to seek asylum in the more affluent EU countries. What will happen if the EU starts taking in all the migrants at its borders? Needless to say, this will certainly lead to a mass exodus of millions of migrants with their families to the EU. If one million migrants make it to the EU, another million will follow and this will continue indefinitely. When this happens, the EU will have to deal with population explosion as these people are breeding at high speed. What will become of the EU following a mass exodus of the migrants? Can anyone imagine Paris turning into a Bangladesh City or Frankfurt turning into a Pakistan City? It is possible when there are too many migrants in the country (Please read Tourist icon in peril: “Truly Asia” Chinatown or Bangladesh town?).
With the exodus of migrants to the EU, crime is inevitable as it is impossible to do a background check on them. Further, they may not be telling the truth about themselves as they often lie about their names, ages, and countries of origin. If these migrants could behave like hooligans and burnt their camp at a time when they were freezing and needed shelter in order to pressure the EU to take them in, what is it that they dare not do? The destruction of the Moria Camp in Greece by fire which the migration minister of Greece believed "began with the asylum seekers" is just another example of how violent the migrants can turn out to be. So, is it safe to take them in? However, they finally got what they wanted when the prime minister of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet, offered to take in 1000 refugees after the camp was destroyed.
What can the migrants do to the EU? Since Malaysia is home to 1,000,000 Bangladeshis (as of 2018) and more than 100,000 Pakistanis, let me share some of the things that they have done to Malaysia. The Bangladeshis and Pakistanis are professionals when it comes to producing forged immigration documents such as fake passports and fake work permits. And they are doing a lucrative business here charging RM150 for each fake passport and RM300 for each fake work permit. They are also selling fake Covid-19 test results. Surely, they can make lots of money if they carry out this kind of business in the EU! When it comes to rape, the Bangladeshis and Pakistanis are certainly not exempted (Rape: Pakistani charged). Even children and the handicapped are not spared. Please read Three Pakistani men, Bangladeshi national charged with raping, sexually assaulting 11-year-old girl; Bangladeshi man detained on suspicion of raping handicapped girl; and Bangladeshi caught raping teen in cybercafe toilet. Sometimes, the victim is killed after being raped (Pakistanis detained over rape, murder in Malaysia). The same applies to murder as it is as popular as rape. Please read 12 Bangladeshi men held for murder at vegetable farm; Bangladeshi wanted over Nepali roommate murder; and Pakistani charged with killing US pastor in Malaysia. It is not uncommon for the Bangladeshis to kill their own people over trifles (Please read Killed over kuih: Bangladeshi trader charged with murder and Bangladeshi sent to gallows over housemate's murder). What is even worse is that after entering the country illegally, they still have the guts to kill, dismember the corpse and dispose it (Bangladeshis rounded up over grisly murder charged with illegal entry). And of course kidnapping cannot be omitted since it is a lucrative business. Please read Malaysian Police Raid Targets Bangladeshi Kidnapping Ring; Malaysia busts group of Pakistani kidnappers; Five Pakistanis charged with kidnapping; and Five Pakistanis charged with kidnapping pensioner, one claims trial to sodomy. Do they come to Malaysia to work / study or sell drugs? Please read Bangladeshi student nabbed for peddling ganja at private university; Police arrest Bangladeshi man on New Year's Eve for allegedly trafficking drugs; Pakistani drug mule nabbed with 19 packets of heroin in stomach; 22 Pakistanis arrested in Malaysia drug raid and Malaysia nabs two Pakistanis with heroin worth $36M. OMG! The list is unending. And one more thing - just google "Bangla suka kacau bini orang" which means "Bangladeshis like to disturb people's wives" and you will find many articles, videos, and even Facebooks about this issue (in Malay). Please click here to watch the video of a Bangladeshi man being beaten up for disturbing somebody's wife (You may also like to read 'I will kill you, I'm from Afghanistan!').
In Sweden, the murder rate has quadrupled due to migration. It has the worst rape conviction record in Europe and the number of rapes has also quadrupled in the past 20 years. And what's more, most of the country's convicted rapists are foreign-born. In Austria, there was a staggering 133% increase in the number of sexual assaults committed by migrants in 2016 and most of the suspects were from Afghanistan. In 2017, there had been 447 killings and murders by asylum seekers and refugees in Germany. Last year, there was an alarming increase of rape cases in Berlin and nearly half of the suspects were migrants. In Italy, the Nigerian mafia are smuggling drugs and trafficking women, deploying them as prostitutes on the streets of Italy. According to Finland's leading newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, "Finland is one of the least safe countries in Europe for women." Reported cases of rape committed by immigrants, mostly from the Middle East and Northern Africa, are about eight times higher than that of native Finnish people.
Many of us can never forget what happened in Cologne, Germany, during the 2015-2016 New Year's Eve Celebration. While everyone was waiting for the New Year to start, more than 1200 women were sexually assaulted, raped, and mobbed by North African and Arab asylum seekers and illegal immigrants. 3% of these perpetrators were unaccompanied refugee minors. Even a policewoman was sexually assaulted. These Arab and North African young men surrounded the women, groped their breasts and buttocks, put their hands in their pants or underneath their skirts, introduced their fingers in vaginas, went through handbags, robbed, molested and raped them. They also harassed passers-by and went around stealing mobiles phones, jewelry, and wallets. According to Holger Munch, president of the German Federal Crime Police Office, "There is a connection between the emergence of this phenomenon and the rapid migration in 2015." The shocking truth was - half of the New Year's Eve perpetrators identified had arrived in Germany in 2015. Is that the way refugees and migrants repay their host countries? In Frankfurt last July, groups of young men were seen attacking the police and the majority of these rioters were immigrants.
How much can we trust the migrants? Are they telling the truth about their backgrounds or merely lying through their teeth to get asylum status and gain access to the benefits that come with it? In October 2016, Hussein Khavari, who claimed to have come from Afghanistan, raped, strangled, and drowned a 19-year-old medical student from Freiburg, Maria L. Ladenburger. And he knew that she was alive when he drowned her in the Dreisam River. Hussein Khavari, who arrived in Germany without identification documents, had earlier been convicted of attempted murder in Greece for robbing a woman and pushing her off a cliff. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison but was released after 18 months on parole on 31 October 2015 due to overcrowding in the prisons. He fled to Germany via Austria the following month and since he claimed that he was 17, he was taken in as an unaccompanied minor and was placed with a foster family. However, evidence that has emerged during his rape and murder trial in Germany has shown that he is actually from Iran and could be more than 30 years old. Each time I watch videos about migrants at the EU border in Bosnia, I couldn't help wondering how many of them are walking in the footsteps of Hussein Khavari. Given the fact that accepting refugees and migrants can lead to insecurity, crime, and decadence, the EU should really tighten its border controls (To find out more about what the migrants have done in Europe, please read Migrants and Crime in Europe in the Twenty-First Century).
Those who want to work or study in the EU should enter the EU legally instead of trying to sneak across the borders. According to 25-year-old Raheel Zafar, a migrant from Karachi, Pakistan, he has attempted to walk from Bosnia to Croatia six times but was stopped, beaten, and robbed by the Croatian police at the border each time. Can he blame the Croatian police for that? Every country has the right to defend its borders. Even North Korea has issued shoot-to-kill orders at the Chinese border to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, may countries have imposed entry bans for travelers and his act of sneaking into the EU clearly shows how selfish he is. Who knows, he might be carrying the new strain of Covid-19 and this could endanger the lives of the EU citizens. Whatever the situation may be, it is illegal to enter Croatia without permission and Zafar should be thankful that the Croatian police did not shoot-to-kill. Although he couldn't see any future in Pakistan, this is not an excuse for him to cross the border into Croatia illegally. Ashfaq Ahmed, from Kashmir, Pakistan, who dreams of studying medicine in Germany, said that they are not animals and the Lipa Camp is no place to live. Well, what he should do is to go back to Pakistan and apply for medical university in Germany. If his application is approved, he can enter Germany legally and there is no need for him to live in the Lipa Camp. Can anyone imagine what will happen if everyone who wants to study medicine in Germany sneaks into Croatia with the intention to claim asylum in Germany?
The EU countries may be very generous but taking in all the migrants at its borders is not the solution to the migrant crisis as more and more will be flocking to these countries. In the end, the EU citizens will suffer the adverse consequences brought to them by the migrants. Putting pressure on the EU to take in migrants is therefore a great injustice especially at a time when Europe is plunged into a deep covid recession. The best solution is for the migrants' countries of origin to take responsibility for them instead of kicking the ball to the EU. If there are problems in the migrants' countries, then these problems should be solved within the country so that the people can have better lives instead of victimizing the EU.
Illegal border crossings should not be encouraged as migrants can create a lot of problems for their host countries. In countries with lots of migrants, rising crime rates are inevitable. Life may also be more difficult for the local citizens as they have to compete with the migrants for food, water, shelter, and jobs. During the coronavirus pandemic, migrants bring viral infections with them thus increasing the risk of Covid-19 transmission. For instance, the Filipinos and Indonesians sneaking into Sabah during the coronavirus pandemic have caused a Covid-19 spike in Malaysia from 1 case on 1 July 2020 to 4,029 cases on 16 January 2021 (Please read ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS A HUGE THREAT TO MALAYSIA'S CORONAVIRUS WAR).
What can be done to stop illegal border crossing? In Singapore, the punishment for illegal immigration are a prison sentence of up to 6 months and not less than 3 strokes of the cane or a fine of not more than $6000 if the perpetrator cannot be caned. That is why no one dares to overstay their permitted time in Singapore. If only the EU could emulate Singapore, they would have no more problems!
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References:
1. Refugees stuck in hopeless situation at EU border in Bosnia. dw.com.
2. 'We will die': Hundreds of refugees freezing in Bosnia Camp. Al Jazeera.
3. EU allocates additional £3.5m for refugees and migrants in Bosnia. Europost.
4. EU officials call for humane conditions for migrants at Bosnian camps. dw.com.
5. A refugee crisis brews in Bosnia's bitter winter. Al Jazeera.
6. 2000 men 'sexually assaulted 1200 women' at Cologne New Year's Eve Party. Independent.
7. Afghan migrant convicted of killing German medical student. The Seattle Times.
8. Germany: Frankfurt reaches a 'new level of violence' as migrants riot, hurl stones at police. Remix.
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