First person: Omar Bar, Senegalese immigrant - 13 Jul 08

Last month the EU parliament approved a new set of immigration rules which will allow member states to send send illegal immigrants back to where they come from. They can also be detained for up to 18 months and banned from re-entering the EU for five years.

One of those who would have been affected by the new rules is 28-year-old Senegalese Omar Bar. The boat he travelled on to Europe sank. He was the only survivor.

Now he lives legally in France and campaigns to alert young Africans to the risks they are taking if they try to reach Europe. This is his story.

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[Spritz86]

@LORDMCHUGH who mentioned the race as a compounding factor? These foreigners are here to scrounge our social system.

You begged for your independence, you got it. Now that you have dictators in power, HANG THEM !!

we are SATURATED in Europe. We no longer feel at home.

It's not racism, it's just "take care of your brother before thinking about the sake of your neighbour"

[dennynua]

hope the same happens in ireland dont mind east europeans or asians they work hard but the blacks are the most ignorant and rudest fuckers ever

[m00se321]

they wont Immigrate to- dubai,Saudia Arabia,india,China,iran

[Spritz86]

GO BACK TO SENEGAL !!!! WE DON'T NEED YOU HERE IN FRANCE, YOU ARE JUST USEFUL TO WEIGH DOWN OUR FINANCES AND HEALTH SUPPORT, YOU SCROUNGERS.

Little immigration, yes, massive immigration, NO.

[16airassualt]

there is an invading army millions strong in europe and we are too blind to see it.they already have certain areas under their control such as ghettos in france etc,when are we going to resist?

[messyjessejackass]

test...

[messyjessejackass]

send the disgusting apes back to the jungles where they belong!!!

[kgmurray]

Blacks = Drugs.

[charlieiscool1000]

if this new rule is true then why arent we taking adventage of it it always seems as if we are going back

[TeslaGenius2]

@LORDMCHUGH

what are you retarded?

I have just answered that question and you ask the same again !?

Who is "we" anyway?

WHAT was concretely destroyed?

I live in Luxembourg and Luxembourg never had colonies like

many other EU countries yet they are full of Africans!

WHY does Luxembourg owns them anything?

Some Africans is OK but their invasion of Europe in times of crisis is whole another thing!