Swedish Ambassador rules out compulsory burden sharing

Joe Fenech

Jul 20th 2009, 10:34

Well done Sweeden! Why should other countries deal with the incompetence and weakness of our government who should send all these people back where they came from!

Moses Mula

Jul 16th 2009, 21:31

@Adriano Spiteri, I read your comment about Turkey which I did not read before I wrote my comment. Well, what will 70 million more muslims mean for the E.U.? I think you have a grudge for muslims and islam, am I right? Can you give me just one reason why you dislike islam so much? And please, if you include generalizations and empty arguments, do not bother.

Moses Mula

Jul 16th 2009, 21:21

@Adriano Spiteri, you fell vitim to generalization my friend. So you are practically saying that all immigrants will only vote for other immigrants and will never consider the ideologies behind the politicians party or the ideas of the politician in question. Many of the Maltese vote Nationalist or Labour because one has a blue flag and the other a red one , because all their family members vote that way but that does not mean that all Maltese do the same so I cannot generalize like you just did. She is the minister for gender equality as well, so that means that all women voted for her according to your reasoning, right? It happens that her father is christian and her mother is muslim, so that could confuse the electors. And she is right wing as well. And above all she declared herself non-religious.So you see, your argument falls flat on its face. I voted for a femminist party and I am a man. The main reason behind anti-immigration is fear which creates generalizations like you did. And are you saying that all immigrants are muslims? In your three sentences there are so many loopholes.

Adriano Spiteri

Jul 16th 2009, 15:12

@ Mr Mula

The fact that Sweden has an immigrant as a minister proves that there are enough of them to elect their own people. If for example Muslims in Malta grow in number and one of them contests an election he would definitely get elected. Isn't that obvious? We split voting for A or B or C while they vote Islam only.

Adriano Spiteri

Jul 16th 2009, 08:30

Simon Busuttil should resign. His burden sharing, which in theory is a one gigantic suicide, is now dead. As we wait for other countries to rule out this insane idea we are squandering our money and resources on these illegal African immigrants. And we're continuing to do so until someone with both patriotic and political will starts clearing the island by sending them back to where they came from.

We cannot wait any longer.

Simon Busuttil, to remind all, had abstained from a crucial Turkish-EU entry talks vote. That meant he wasted the opportunity to voice Malta's concerns. He was unable to realise what 70 million Turkish Muslims becoming 70 million European Muslims would mean.

I say Simon should hand his resignation immediately if he is a truly responsible person.

Moses Mula

Jul 15th 2009, 20:19

Cont..
@Charles Sammut, when you are saying all swedes think otherwise you are including my girlfriend, her family and many people that I have met through these last ten years. 95% of these people are not bothered by multi-culturism or immigrants. In fact there are more that are against having to contribute through their taxes to a country like Italy, than multi-culturism. So I think it is pretty idiotic on your part to generalize that way and think that you know the societal situation better than someone who lives in that society. If you want to defend your argument with a couple of clips from youtube do so, but than you would be doing that using propoganda, which to say the least will only hurt your argument. One last thing, when a country has an immigrant as a minister, it says a lot about the society. So please Mr.Sammut, as I cannot judge Maltese society as well as you as I am not living in Malta, the same goes for you regarding Sweden.
P.S. If the swedes were as you say, what is my girlfriend doing with me? Ma mi facci il piacere.

Moses Mula

Jul 15th 2009, 19:58

@Charles Sammut, when I saw your cheeky comment about me I was about to ignore it but seeing that you are claiming that you know much more about Swedish society than I do I could help but to fall for your bait and respond. First of all, have you ever been to Swden yourself? How can you judge Swedish society if you have never been here, let alone lived ten years in the country? My girlfriend is swedish and she could not believe your comment. Well, she has a hard time believing other comments on these blogs regarding reactions against immigrants. As I mentioned above I have been living here for ten years, so I had the chance to met hundreds of immigrants and swedish people. I had discussions, and lots of them with both swedish and immigrants and multi-culturism and immigration in Sweden. I will admit that you meet the odd person from both sides who either wants to see many of the immigrants in Sweden leave the country if he is a Swede, or has difficulty to accept the swedish culture if he is an immigrant. But I never saw hate comments on any newspaper blog.

Anthony Roberts

Jul 15th 2009, 17:22

Thanks Sweden!!!!!

Denis Catania

Jul 15th 2009, 15:41

Give them gas and water and let them go on with their journey to mainland Europe.

Anthea Agius

Jul 15th 2009, 15:26

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"Ms Gudmundson said her government was surprised when Malta voted against extending residency rights to migrants with protection status because that would have enabled them to move on to other European countries after a period of time."

louise vella

Jul 15th 2009, 15:20

Dr Gonzi has put all his eggs in one basket. He has been preaching burden sharing fully realising that is the NGOs' agenda, to use Malta as a gateway to Europe. The NGOs do not believe in securing Malta's borders against illegal entry. They want Malta to be full up and be forced to integrate the illegal immigrants that cannot be integrated because of unbridgeable cultural differences. From time to time they send us begging the other countries of the EU and North America to do their job of spreading the illegal immigrants across Europe and the world.

Joe Borg

Jul 15th 2009, 14:20

Looking forward to the Maltese EU presidency!

Alexander Morana

Jul 15th 2009, 14:07

Now you all have heard it from the horse's mouth. Say good bye to Burden -Sharing, Gonzi and Busuttil.

v.pulis

Jul 15th 2009, 13:35

If I remember correctly a few months ago during a visit to malta a Swedish member of parliament whose name now escapes me lectured us on the benefits of illegal immigration
and went as far as to say that there was a positive side to it. Now Ms Gudmundson seems to be having second thoughts. Why is she throwing this godsend out of the window?

Joanne Micallef

Jul 15th 2009, 12:03

And after all the election hype, we can clearly see that nothing has really changed. It's up to our Goverment to make good on his oath and take care of this Nation.

Joseph Puli

Jul 15th 2009, 11:21

This amply shows that unless we solve the problem ourselves, no one will help us doing so. Malta is a very comfortable buffer zone for EU states that lie further up North than we do.

We should keep up our stance of sending all illegals back to Libya as we did before the MEP elections. If we stop doing so now, Gonzi will confirm that his was an electoral ploy. We will not shout much or protest about it ... but the time will come to vote again and we will not forget.

lgalea

Jul 15th 2009, 10:35

That's a typical example of some EU member countries solidarity, sorry hypocrisy.

So those who attack Malta SHUT UP.

Charles Sammut

Jul 15th 2009, 10:34

@ Mark Caruana

In all fairness Sweden is reeling from problems caused by immigrants and refugees. I don't blame them for not wanting to take in any more.

Now wait for the resident spokesman on all things Swedish, Moses Mula, to come up and tell us that he is happy in Sweden and has no problems living in a multi-cultural melange. The Swedes obviously think otherwise.

Mark Caruana

Jul 15th 2009, 09:31

So Sweden and the EU are not attacked when issuing statements that they have no obligations to take in illegals? Despite taking in thousands of illegals, Malta always gets attacked for not offering the latest state-of-the-art 7-star luxuries to these illegals? Where are MSF, the UN, and all the holier-than-thou fanatics?

If Sweden and the EU have no obligations to take in illegals, neither should Malta. Starting with the group that came in yesterday, the illegals should be returned to sender as soon as possible (that is immediately, since it was not done yesterday).

Charles Sammut

Jul 15th 2009, 08:40

Gonzi has been proven wrong once again. And so has Dr Simon Busuttil who made 'burden sharing' one of the main planks of his MEP electoral campaign. The tragedy is that this had been pointed out from the very start, but Gonzi & Busuttil kept their heads firmly in the sand wishfully thinking that the problem would go away.

Problems never go away. They must be driven away by robust and resolute means, something sorely lacking in this bankrupt administration.