There is no place for the BNP in society

The UK Evening Standard had published an article relating to the creeping popularity of the BNP in the country and how the government were somewhat to blame. They had lost the “white working classes”, through unclear policy and misunderstandings on UK immigration. The article is a level headed appraisal of why the BNP have some empathisers; it does also remind me that this country is not the nationalist disaster some countries are in 2009.

I would not put Australia into this category, however, I was alarmed at the tone and the underlying lack of empathy for the Sri Lankan ‘boat people’, the articles topic, currently adrift of the Australian coast. The writer in question abhorrently held the view these people in no way should step foot on Australian land.

Why I found it to be a very insightful article by Tony Travers in the Evening Standard was also the reason I found ‘The Australian’ writer in dire need of some education into Australian immigration.

The brainless-ness of the article seemed to have escaped whatever editorial team they have in place for that particular paper and they would be best advised to gain a better understanding of immigration and the benefits it can bring to a country.

Most migrants are hard-working and what ever place they settle benefits from this and the new creativity this brings. Although some migrants, when they first arrive, are unskilled they will surely have offspring that will thrive in a country that gives them the opportunities to achieve what their parents never had the chance to.

Again it would come back to the respective governments, who have not been clear on the immigration effect and why it is important for economic growth. I am sure the article writer in Australia is guilty of the same mis-guided views as some people in the UK, and that is that migrants are somehow depriving them of something.

Until governments start explaining the good of immigration and the payback it brings for the areas that provide homes for the new arrivals, then views such as those expressed by the BNP and certain papers, as unfortunate as it is, will be listened to.