Comments on: Denis Catania the immigrant saves Malta all the way from the US of A https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/denis-catania-the-immigrant-saves-malta-all-the-way-from-the-us-of-a/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:32:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kenneth Cassar https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/denis-catania-the-immigrant-saves-malta-all-the-way-from-the-us-of-a/#comment-19708 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:37:02 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1304#comment-19708 In reply to Joe Formosa.

Ah, the irony!

http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2011/08/22/denis-catania-is-wanted-for-murder-and-is-on-the-run-thats-why-hes-disappeared-from-timesofmalta-com/

]]> By: Toni in NJ https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/denis-catania-the-immigrant-saves-malta-all-the-way-from-the-us-of-a/#comment-19707 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:28:12 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1304#comment-19707 I stumbled upon this site while researching travel ideas for a trip to Malta in 2010. To be long winded, I entered a contest where you have to identify a picture, where is the world is this place. That place happened to be in Malta. I love to travel so I immediately wanted to go there. As an African American woman I need to know if I would be welcomed in a country before I waste my time, money and feelings on a vacation.
Coming from the country of immigrants where some Americans if not a lot of Americans feel some way about lost jobs, services, security and who the migrants may be, I understand the concerns.
I don’t understand fear and prejudice of people I don’t know or who are not like me. My friends from Albania say that Europe is just like this. I haven’t been to Europe in 20 years and I would hope that things are better.
What are your opinions on my concerns?

]]> By: Leo Said https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/denis-catania-the-immigrant-saves-malta-all-the-way-from-the-us-of-a/#comment-19706 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:24:04 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1304#comment-19706 @ Andrea

Please allow me a personal remark. Even fully assimilated (not simply integrated) citizens of Caucasian origin with a migration background face an uphill path in Germany 2009.

]]> By: Leo Said https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/denis-catania-the-immigrant-saves-malta-all-the-way-from-the-us-of-a/#comment-19705 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:16:26 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1304#comment-19705 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090223/opinion/facing-up-to-a-problem

Dr Pullicino Orlando is a Nationalist member of Parliament: “We must act now. The consequences of inaction are too terrible to contemplate.”

[Daphne – Yes, I saw that. Toeing the Joseph line. Unbelievable. Send them back! As simple as that, huh?]

]]> By: P.Vella https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/denis-catania-the-immigrant-saves-malta-all-the-way-from-the-us-of-a/#comment-19704 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:12:33 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1304#comment-19704 Immigrant – a person who migrates to another country, usually for permanent residence.

Let’s face it people, the problem we have in Malta is not with Immigrants per se but with refugees who arrive in Malta in large numbers seeking refuge and safety on our small Island.

Obviously the refugees who land here are given shelter and cared for, however they are kept “secured” in facilities like Ta Kandja to safeguard our Immigration Policy and also the Maltese Citizens (us) from any harm these people might cause due to their unknown background, unknown health hazards and risks, etc.

I guess, till this point we all agree on the above procedure and also agree that these people are not immigrants but refugees.

What I personally do not agree upon is the process by which these refugees are miraculously transformed into immigrants and granted citizenship!! What is the process involved here? Has their background been checked before they are integrated into our society, or are they granted citizenship because there name was pulled out of a hat or because it’s a problem with space in the above mentioned institutions therefore they overflow into our society leaving us citizens to bare the consequences ?

I am Christian and believe in helping thy neighbour, I also have no objection if the new citizens are black, white or green, I also have no objection if they have jobs, pay taxes and also integrate into our society as I did for 3 years in Australia myself.

What I object to is having to divert my route if my destination happens to be in Newtown (Marsa) due to fear that harm will be caused to my family as it has already happened on many occasions in that particular area. Lets face it we`re not Australia and the capacity of our Island is limited.

What area will become the next Newtown when time will pass and this problem will continue to escalate and new citizens integrated into our society ? Will it be Sliema, Valletta, St.Julians ? What about the people who actually live in Marsa and face this problem on a day to day basis?

I guess its easy to chant the word racist, or say that we believe in brotherly love and that we should accept everyone into our open Maltese arms and to forget their past and accept them as new Maltese brothers and sisters, but rest assured that your opinion will change when you are directly affected by this problem our country is currently facing and unless something is done, it will only get worse with every day that passes.

Something has to be done before this problem gets more out of hand then it currently is.

]]> By: Melissa https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/denis-catania-the-immigrant-saves-malta-all-the-way-from-the-us-of-a/#comment-19703 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:39:04 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1304#comment-19703 Now the next question is – what colour is God? Forget the gender…

]]> By: Melissa https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/denis-catania-the-immigrant-saves-malta-all-the-way-from-the-us-of-a/#comment-19702 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:37:56 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1304#comment-19702 I am not sure why Joe Formosa is of the opinion that black and white don’t mix – my children are biracial (yes, half white, half black). Are my children any less than his if he has any? I also cannot understand why he declared that “these refugees have nothing to lose, they come from a place that has no law and order, no values – of work, save and join in a modern society”.

The societies they come from had law and order, except now it has been turned upside down by ruthless people who would kill for power. To say that these people have no values is stretching it – every society has values. The may differ from the ones Joe Schembri has, but they have values.

]]> By: Joe Formosa https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/denis-catania-the-immigrant-saves-malta-all-the-way-from-the-us-of-a/#comment-19701 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:34:34 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1304#comment-19701 Daphne – I have never preached hate against African’s – read what I have written before you make comments, I wonder why you don’t go to church, after all you had the cheap Church education – given to you from the donations of honest hard working church going people.

[Daphne – More to the point, why do you go to church?]

]]> By: Joe Formosa https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/denis-catania-the-immigrant-saves-malta-all-the-way-from-the-us-of-a/#comment-19700 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:05:07 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1304#comment-19700 Daphne, its people like you, with your holy then holy views that have Malta the cesspit of crap it is now, Church on Sunday – hate on Monday, and your only comment when the argument goes against you – is to say that people of lower education have racist views. This blog was about Dennis Catania and his views and what you have done is to degrade it into insults about education and social backround, I wonder if your the racist, I for one am a realist.

[Daphne – I don’t go to church, and I’m not the one preaching this hate-creed against Africans.]

]]> By: John Schembri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2008/12/denis-catania-the-immigrant-saves-malta-all-the-way-from-the-us-of-a/#comment-19699 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:27:20 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=1304#comment-19699 I understand both Andrea and Daphne. I have a friend from Ivory Coast here in Malta; he is integrating, he is even learning Maltese fast. He wants to go to France like his friend did and then hopefully return to his homeland. I am not colour prejudiced, but I prefer not to stop in the area I described above.
You may have noticed my silence on the police.
Daphne this is how they settle their arguments in Sliema:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090101/local/magistrate-warns-two-neighbours-to-stop-fighting
One can find crime everywhere. There are places where there is more crime than other places. I prefer living in the backwoods of Zurrieq where at least I can keep a watchful eye on people who I know and can recognise.

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