France and in particular her capital city, Paris, is one of the worst hit areas of Europe by failed, flawed and irresponsible immigration policies, that are driven by an unrealistic and utopian ideology. Unrest in the immigrant-dominated suburbs continues:


"More violence rocks Paris suburb

Many cars have been gutted by fire during the riotsViolence has flared for a fourth night in a north-east Paris suburb, but not on the same scale as before.
Six policemen were injured and 11 people arrested in the latest confrontations between angry youths and police in Clichy-sous-Bois.

Police said one or more teargas canisters were hurled into a mosque from an unidentified source.
Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is to meet the parents of two teenagers whose deaths sparked the riots.
Saturday saw hundreds of mourners pay homage to the teenagers by holding a peaceful procession in Clichy-sous-Bois, which has a large immigrant population.

The authorities denied rumours that policemen were chasing the two boys who were electrocuted on Thursday after entering an electricity sub-station.

Flowers now lie near the spot where Ziad, aged 17, and Banou, 15, died.
An official investigation into the boys' deaths is under way.
A third young man is seriously ill in hospital.

The BBC's Alasdair Sandford in Paris says many in the suburb do not believe the authorities' account that the two boys were not being chased by police.
Mr Sarkozy has promised to send special police units into difficult suburbs around France to stamp out violence.

But local people in Clichy accuse him of heightening the tensions with inflammatory language.
During Saturday's march in memory of the dead teenagers, there were calls for the government to tackle discrimination against immigrant communities such as theirs. "

My local newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, decided to jump to the conclusion that the boys infact had been chased by the police, before any investigation had been conducted. The argument of the mob must have been convincing.

They also, however, report that the clashes have obtained 'a religious touch' as there were reportedly tear gas cans thrown into a local mosque. The locals blame the police, and while the police does not outright deny these claims, they do no believe that the police were responsible. Reportedly, the opposition and various human rights organisations have criticized the French government, and claimed that the hardened measures against crime are to blame for these measures.

I find it all rather ridiculous; first of all, assuming that the two youngsters were chased by the police, I fail to see the implications of this. They were running from the police, which to me would indicate that there was a motive for this action. I suspect this motive was the fear of being caught. Now why do people usually not want to be caught by the police? When they have done something or when they are innocent? The function of the police force is to prevent crime and to catch criminals. If these youngsters were criminals, the police force would simply have been doing their job in chasing them. I understand and realize that it was very unfortunate that these teenaged boys were killed, but the police force is hardly to blame, unless the rioters want the police to stop doing their job. Is that what they want? The answer to that question might be tricky.

The article in Helsingin Sanomat states, that critics of the hardened policy on crime in the suburbs are saying that it has not solved any of the problems of the suburbs, that people in the suburbs face unemployment, poverty and have no hope for the future. The problem is that France has taken in so many migrants, that it is just simply beyond the point of the state being able to provide high living standards for everyone. Again the response of the media and the 'progressive' institutions has sent the message, that the rioters (=3rd world immigrants, probably mostly Muslim) cannot be held accountable for their acts, and that it is the native population (in this case the French) that are responsible. When nothing is expected of the immigrants and nothing they do is their fault, they will do nothing and everything, because they are not held accountable. France has allowed herself to slide into this position. Some think France is on the verge of civil upheaval. By looking at what is going on in Clichy-sous-Bois, one can only wonder what tomorrow will bring.