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| New radars to curb illegal immigration in Spain |
| 2008-01-13 |
| The head of the Balearic Islands government, Ramon Sothias, revealed to the central government in Madrid that the Spanish security authorities will start equipping several maritime points in the southern and south eastern beaches with spotting means and radars to prevent incursions of illegal immigrants to its soil. « Diario De Mallorca » and « Ultima Hora » newspapers quoted yesterday the official as saying that the Spanish coast guards had to equip the checkpoints in Mallorca with three or four radars to stop boats’ incursions, carrying mainly Algerian illegal immigrants, lashing out at the local authorities for their failure in spotting two boats on Balearic beaches last Wednesday. The boats were carrying 18 Algerian illegal immigrants and a Tunisian who set foot on Spanish beaches unnoticed. M. Sothias further added that if it wasn’t the “sense of patriotism” that pushed one of the inhabitants to denounce these immigrants to the local authorities, these ones would have never noticed their presence. The official said that the capacity of the radars used to monitor the costs have not a wide range capacity since they cover only 50 to 60 Kms out of 650 kms of beaches that constitute the Balearic Islands. On the other hand, Spanish non governmental organizations have staunchly criticized the policy followed by the socialist government led by Zapatero dealing with this issue, and asked for a “radical change” that should take into account the humanitarian side. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 It is all very well knowing they are on the way but if you refuse to shoot them when they are in sight of land the rest will just keep coming. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-01-13 07:51 |