When a nations becomes convinced that a group has become a security threat, is it within their right as a nation to say, “You are no longer welcome here, we require you to go back to your home country”?<\/p>\n
How is that “xenophobia”? A phobia, by definition, is irrational, not grounded in reason. What if there are genuine reasons for concern? What if illegal immigrants are creating a very real negative impact on a country? Why should a country not be able to make a decision on behalf of its citizens to not allow illegal immigrants?<\/p>\n
A nation expects its citizens to respect and abide by its laws. Why should an outside group be allowed to ignore, disregard and trample on those laws – and still expect the host nation to provide for them?<\/p>\n
Why is it that some people seem to think that the moral obligation of a country to provide care for illegal immigrants who have broken the law somehow trumps or is more important than the moral obligation of a country to look out for and protect the interests of its citizens?<\/p>\n
What business does the UN have inserting itself into that process?<\/p>\n
This story, regarding France deporting the Roma, or Gypsies:<\/p>\n
A UN Watchdog Group is urging France to stop the collective deportation of Roma, also known as Gypsies.\u00c2\u00a0 The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination calls collective expulsions a violation under international law.\u00c2\u00a0 The Committee monitors States’ implementation of the 1969 International Convention on the elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.<\/p>\n
“We understand that a State has a right and a responsibility to deal with security issues and issues of immigration and illegal immigration,” said Prosper.\u00c2\u00a0 “But, our view is when you are doing so, as we said, it should not be on a collective basis.\u00c2\u00a0 It should not be targeting a group as a whole.\u00c2\u00a0 Individual assessments need to be conducted and look at each particular circumstance of each individual and decide does he or she merit a return or should be allowed to stay.”<\/p>\n
Prosper says the concerns of a state have to be balanced against human rights obligations, and protection and asylum needs.<\/p>\n
France recently sent hundreds of Roma back to Romania and Bulgaria and dismantled more than 100 illegal camps.\u00c2\u00a0 The French government justifies its expulsion of the Roma on grounds of security.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n