Ban ‘diseased’ Africans – Hanson

SYDNEY – Controversial former Australian politician Pauline Hanson says Africans are bringing diseases into Australia and are of no benefit to the country.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Hanson was voicing her concern at how easily Africans and Muslims were able to gain Australian citizenship. Hanson, who is known for her right-wing views and is reportedly considering making a political comeback, was quoted by AAP as saying: “We’re bringing in people from South Africa at the moment, there’s a huge amount coming into Australia, who have diseases, they’ve got AIDS.”They are of no benefit to this country whatsoever, they’ll never be able to work.”And what my main concern is, is the diseases that they’re bringing in and yet no-one is saying or doing anything about it.”Hanson also said the Australian government had gone too far in affording rights to minorities.”Our governments have bent over backwards to look after them (Muslims) and their needs, and regardless of what the Australian people think,” she was quoted as saying.”You can’t have schools not sing Christmas carols because it upsets others, you can’t close swimming baths because Muslim women want to swim in private, that’s not Australian.”Surely can’t we look at what’s happened in other countries around the world with the increase in Muslims that are there?” AAP reported that refugee groups slammed Hanson’s comments as damaging and hurtful.A department of immigration official said stringent health checks were carried out on immigrants.In 1996, Hanson caused uproar by saying Australia was at risk of being swamped by Asians.She lost her parliamentary seat in 1998 and served a short time in prison for electoral fraud in 2003.News24Hanson, who is known for her right-wing views and is reportedly considering making a political comeback, was quoted by AAP as saying: “We’re bringing in people from South Africa at the moment, there’s a huge amount coming into Australia, who have diseases, they’ve got AIDS.”They are of no benefit to this country whatsoever, they’ll never be able to work.”And what my main concern is, is the diseases that they’re bringing in and yet no-one is saying or doing anything about it.”Hanson also said the Australian government had gone too far in affording rights to minorities.”Our governments have bent over backwards to look after them (Muslims) and their needs, and regardless of what the Australian people think,” she was quoted as saying.”You can’t have schools not sing Christmas carols because it upsets others, you can’t close swimming baths because Muslim women want to swim in private, that’s not Australian.”Surely can’t we look at what’s happened in other countries around the world with the increase in Muslims that are there?” AAP reported that refugee groups slammed Hanson’s comments as damaging and hurtful.A department of immigration official said stringent health checks were carried out on immigrants.In 1996, Hanson caused uproar by saying Australia was at risk of being swamped by Asians.She lost her parliamentary seat in 1998 and served a short time in prison for electoral fraud in 2003.News24