25 May 2013 | 09:14
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On Wednesday evening a silent march is to be held in Valletta down Republic Street where people will carry candles and a picture of murdered migrants Mamadou Kamara and Ifeanyi Nwokoye. The march will start from the Triton Fountain in Floriana.
The organizers say that this is not a protest march against Maltese soldiers or those who work in detention centres with immigrants. “We just want the human rights of immigrants to be expected. What happened to Mamadou Kamara and Ifeanyi Nwokoye is the result of institutional racism and not just of individual responsibility.”
The silent protest march is being held after Mamadou Kamara, an immigrant from Mali, died 10 days ago while in the custody of detention security officers who are being charged with his murder. The incident has also provoked an outburst of racism against immigrants in Malta.
The silent protest march is being organised by groups and individuals who work with immigrants in Malta.
Nigerian immigrant Ifeanyi Nwokoye died in circumstances similar to those of Kamara but Nwokoye’s death did not cause the same public outcry.
Comments
neriku
- Mon 09-Jul-2012, 22:39I wholly condemn the death of Mamadou Kamara and Ifeanyi Nwokoye. I hope justice finds its trail.
Likewise, I hope that justice will also be implemented on the illegal immigrants who claim asylum and moreover those who lost their appeals for asylum. They are cheating the system.
I also hope that the NGOs who never said anything about this situation affecting more than half of the migrants, or about the troublemaking migrants at various places will also get what they deserve for never condemning these acts. Whole communities have been affected and these NGOs know it!! The relative quiet in such communities like Marsa has more to do with vigilant residents rather than these NGOs....and oh when are they going to declare what they get from the EU? And can these protesters tell us when they are going to say anything about human trafficking? Or are they content with boat people coming in sometimes at the expense of loss of life?
They will learn once God forbid Malta ever becomes another Rosarno or Southern Athens, or even worse if we end up with a Nazi party making inroads. Defend who really deserves to be protected and expel all those who don't! And those who are refugees should behave as such.
Malta is OUR Country
- Mon 09-Jul-2012, 14:53How about organizing a march against ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION and to expel all illegal immigrants from Malta, OUR country?