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 The
Maldive media often has a Divehi (Maldive) langauge version
of events and opinions and an English language version of
the same events and opinions. The English language versions
are moderated for the benefit of the West.
The
Maldive elite depend on the Western tourist dollar to fund
their relatively lavish lifestyles and to gain favours. In
the absence of sufficient tourism revenue that finds its way
into auditable public accounts, the regime depends on mainly
Western economic aid.
There
is a huge number of Maldivians from influencial backgrounds
studying in the West. Some of them regularly use Western legal
loopholes to establish safe havens in countries such as New
Zealand, which are seen as "soft touches" in terms
immigration laws. Having established their safe havens these
people return home because their relatives and mentors are
still in power.
In
spite of all this, the hatred of the West at all levels is
phenomenal. Sympathy for terrorists such as Osama bin Laden
and despots such as Saddam Hussain is almost universal. For
obvious reasons, such sentiments are carefully concealed.
The
following is a translation of an article in the semi-official
Haveeru newspaper published in Malé. It advocates
imposing sanctions against countries that alegedly practise
racial discrimination. It is unlikely that the author counted
the Maldives as such a country in spite of its poor record
of the way it treats guest workers from neighbouring Southern
Asian countries. People from the former United Suvadives Republic
(Addu, Huvadu and Fua Mulaku atolls), who are now under the
Maldive regime's rule also often complain of discriminatory
treatment.
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Certain
restrictions faced by immigrants
Haveeru
13 August 2002
Several years
ago it was very easy to travel to certain countries. There were
not many problems obtaining a visa. Visa waivers exist based on
certain criteria imposed by countries that receive travellers. In
that regard, travellers from populous and poor nations faced restrictions
imposed by certain countries. The reason for this is possible social
and economic disadvantages that may be experienced by those countries
as a result of legal and illegal immigration. Following the September
11th incident of last year, certain Muslim travellers
have faced huge restrictions. While it is nearly a year since that
incident, those restrictions remain. This is because of discrimination
against Muslims.
Certain developed
countries have recently imposed several restrictions based on skin
colour and ethnicity, according to some sources. Visa criteria are
flawed to the extent that people with the same qualifications and
employment experience have faced racial discrimination.
As the world
tries to eradicate racial discrimination, it is discouraging that
some countries continue to practise racial discrimination overtly
and covertly at the highest level. This is not in keeping with modern
times and this is not acceptable to anyone. Sanctions against countries
that act in this way in order to isolate them would perhaps result
in these countries learning a lesson.
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