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Nibbe,Tristan

Per 5

Mr Arnt

FRQ

After the devastation that World War II had on Europe and the large numbers of working classpeople who were either dead or displaced due to the violence a large influx of immigrants were

encouraged to fill these gaps, while happy to have a job, which most of them didn't in their home

countries. these immigrants, chiefly doc 4, 5, 6 and 10 speak of the coldness or outright hatred that theyfeel from the native people. Immigrants looking for a society away from the bureaucracy poverty that

they had become used to hoped to find a land of opportunity and equality ,but they could never escape

their status as immigrants and in many countries this would haunt them for years to come.While the main body of population seemed to regard them with disdain, many educated

individuals see the beneficial impact that this increase in work force could have for their war-

devastated economies mainly doc 3 and 7. These documents must recognize all the good that these able

bodied workers can do for the economy. Interestingly enough documents 2 and 9 take the oppositestand point, saying that immigrants will inevitably hurt their country although they never specifically

say how or why they should be denied access to their country. Document 3 is a article in a French

business magazine which according to document 4 seemed to be one of the most intensively ant-immigrant country. This most likely shows that this magazine considers itself above public opinion and

is perfectly willing to say exactly what France needs to do even if it doesn't necessarily agree with what

the common people want to hear. Document 7 is interestingly enough written by the Swedish PrimeMinister Olaf Palme. He says that unification is the hope of Sweden and the main device of this will be

the new immigrants coming into and becoming a part of their community no documents suggest how

the people of Sweden may have felt about this and whether it was a popular or unpopular decision. He

references the fact that nowadays countries depend more and more on international relations andforesees that this may have a impact on their country's future. Document 2 is written by Enoch Powell a

member of the British Conservative party also known as the Tories , he claims that by allowing

immigrants into its borders Britain is heaping up its own funeral pyre he doesn't elaborate on this butdoes say that urgent action must be taken. Interestingly enough document 6 is by the conservatives

also , but it is strongly in favor of not only immigration but equality for all minorities. It doesn't say on

doc 6 when it was published but doc 2 does say it was published in 1968 so perhaps the difference inopinions could be the result of the elapse of time, it also could be the result of one conservative

member speaking out in disagreement with his group, although this seems unlikely due to the fact that

it was a public speech in which he said this.Doc 9, 8, 12, 3, and 4 are all publications on the subject of immigration, none of these seem to

agree on whether it is a good thing for the country. Document 9 is an Austrian Freedom Party Platform

that states that Austria is not a country that welcomes immigration. It seems to reflect the belief that

they should take care of their own workers before taking care of any immigrants stating this by sayingAn end to immigration until satisfactory solution to he problem of illegal foreigners has been found

until the housing shortage is resolved and until the unemployment rate goes down to 5% also the idea

is stated that an ID requirement should for foreign employees should be required to register for healthinsurance. Document 8 is an excerpt from the autobiography of an Algerian woman who immigrated to

France , she states that she will forever carry the label of Arab Woman and that we are exiles

referring all Algerian woman who immigrated to other countries to attain rights they were denied in thehomeland. Document 12 is the annual report on human rights by the European Union which

specifically states diversity is a foundation on which the European Union was built it goes on to state

that racism is the antithesis of what the Union is working to accomplish. Document 4 is an interview

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with Jean-Jacques Martin, he was born in Algeria and although was of French descent was still widely

discriminated against. He says that the attitude of the locals was that if you weren't from our village

you weren't French it's an interesting choice of words ,by using village it implies that he lived in a

smaller town perhaps out of the way. This may have been a factor in explaining how this seems to bethe most extreme case of racism among the documents although nothing in any of the other docs

suggests that the response to him may have been different in a larger city such as Paris. Surely this is

the most extreme case when he mentions such things as not only children around him not wanting to befriends with him, which probably reflects what their parents believe but the fact that the teacher calls

him an imbecile and says that sending him to school was a waste of time. The fact that he never

mentions this being addressed by a person in power at the school suggests that they agreed privately ifnot publicly with this sentiment.

Many of these documents reflect the strong resentment that most people felt at the immigrants

for coming to the country,shown either by outright anger or cold logic ,still this is offset by the severalpeople who maintain that immigration is beneficial for their economies and for international relations. I

believe that the most important statement not in opinion or theory is shown in the picture of the 1998

French Soccer team after winning the World Cup.