Unsustainable influx (1)

I will not waste much space debating with Lenie Reedijk what to call the uninvited immigrants swamping us. That is up to everyone and in this crisis the least this country has to worry about is ridiculous political correctness. With the facts that now emerged, most have been regularised through overwhelming our immigration system and not calling them illegal immigrants will be taking the readers for a ride.

What Mr Reedijk is not entitled to is taking lightly our own demographic problem and using our natural population increase against our government's case. He should rest assured that our society is concerned about this increase, whether he sees it or not. We are already struggling to find a good balance even without this problem. Unavoidable social measures coupled with working mothers are already acting to keep families as small as they should be. However, what we do among ourselves should be of no concern to him. For sure, we do not need more problems.

Obvious facts emerge from this increasing trend. Firstly, for the long term our economy will never need that irrational amount of immigrants, if at all. They are a surplus. Secondly, the priority in this limited country is to fit comfortably our "own" increasing population and, where appropriate, limited foreigners willing to pay for property accordingly. Thirdly, there is no excuse to allow in people whose multiplication rate culturally knows no respect for surrounding conditions, which will worsen the problem.

Mr Reedijk also forgot to consider that the "couple of thousands" arrived in just a couple of years and apparently there is no abating. Only Dutch twisted logic fails to recognise this rate as unsustainable.

But ultimately we will never take any lessons from a society which "liberally" eliminated a gentleman who wanted to instil some demographic sense in all this. My interest in Dutch politics is much less than his insolence to our government in calling him childish. Yet he strengthened my impression that the only reasonable Dutch are those voting for the Pim Fortuyn party.

Maltese have rights Mr Reedijk, whether you like it or not. You have to live the reality to understand. Brussels may well ignore our government's plight. That will surely create more misgivings about membership. Worse still, if all this persists, the attitude towards your brethren, which as you stated is already what it is, will not improve, to say the least. Something which Brussels will never have control over, rest assured about that.