Thread: Latin America outraged at EU plan

Originally Posted by zeezil

Leaders across Latin America have reacted angrily to a new EU law that could jail illegal immigrants for up to 18 months before they are deported.

Of course they're outraged. That's 18 months of no remittances sent back from their invaders.

That's it!

Ecuador says could halt EU talks over migration law

* Reuters
* , Saturday June 21 2008

QUITO, June 21 (Reuters) - Ecuador threatened to halt Andean trade talks with the European Union on Saturday after its leaders endorsed tougher detention rules for illegal immigrants.
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said the rule allowing EU countries to detain illegal immigrants for 18 months violates the human rights of migrant workers.
"We could even suspend those negotiations. What do we have to talk about with a union of countries that criminalizes immigrants?" Correa said during his weekly radio address. "It will be very hard to talk business and ignore human rights."
Human rights groups say the law will encourage authorities to lock up more illegal immigrants.
Ecuador holds the temporary presidency of the Andean Community, which includes Peru, Bolivia and Colombia and last year started negotiating a trade and cooperation agreement with the European Union.
Millions of poor Latin Americans migrate to Europe in search of better jobs, making them a key source of revenues via remittances for their families back home.
Correa says the crackdown on illegal immigrants is unfair to Latin America, which welcomed millions of Europeans after Latin countries became independent nations and again after World War Two.
Correa's ally, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a leftist former paratrooper, earlier threatened to suspend oil sales to the 27-nation bloc and dubbed the new immigration rule "shameful."
European leaders said Chavez misunderstood the law, which an EU official said was needed to convince voters to be more accepting of legal immigrants.
(Reporting by Alonso Soto)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7601249

There are illegal aliens from South Americans living Europe?? Must be one hell of a tunnel!!

Millions of poor Latin Americans migrate to Europe in search of better jobs, making them a key source of revenues via remittances for their families back home.

It's all about the money. Mexico doesn't give a @!# about it's own citizens. It wants them to move away so 1) they're not Mexico's problem any more and 2) they can send money.

Seems to me, that the major industry of ALL latino countries, is shipping their poor and illiterate to any country they can ship them to........on the condition they send home what they earn.

Just goes to show what latino countries are worth!

Actually the immigration law in Venezuela is not significantly milder than the new EU directive is, while Argentina has even a tougher law . For illegal employment in Venezuela you are a subject of immediate deportation. The EU directive is not even proposing this much - it is giving the member states 2 options: deportation or legalization of aliens. What is so "barbaric" about this?

As far as the border issue goes: within the EU there are no borders (and there is no discrimination of EU citizens), so Latin America is not so impressive with its ID-only travel. Chavez would only be satisfied when EVERY alien is welcome into EU and NO regulations exists whatsoever. No country in the world does it that way (the EU states behave as one when it comes to immigration so that's not relevant).

Welcome to alipac "natan" thanks for signing up and joining in!!

natan, you have just described Mexico's policies on dealing with illegal immigration to a "T".

Seems that these countries, those calling themselves Latin American (I wish they'd leave the "American" out of it) have the same attitude across the board "give it all to us, let us send our poor, and then let them send us back money". Then they treat anyone on their nation illegally quite sternly.

BTW natan, welcome to ALIPAC!!!

Peruvian human rights spokesman Wilfredo Ardito said the new law was a hypocritical effort to make it illegal to be poor.

That's the silliest thing I've ever heard! Do they think they have the monopoly on 'being poor'? Does 'being poor' give you carte blanche to break into any country in the world? (Mexico and Central America seem to believe this)...Violating immigration laws is ILLEGAL...not 'being poor'! They need to fix their own countries! Sheesh!