#6 Maybe if we don't KNOW about the link between immigrants and higher crime rates, it won't really be happening, because we don't want it to happen, because we're involved in a social experiment that has gone wrong, because we weren't approaching it with open minds, because our false morality has replaced reasoned and informed morality, because we need to feel superior and progressive, because we have uncertainty about out self-image and our global image and perceptions about us by our enemies, because . . .
One word?
Denial.
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Researcher Marion Van San has been commissioned with another scientist to carry out a new study into illegal immigrants in Belgium, reports Belgian newspaper De Standaard. The Flemish paper reported Friday that Van San (40) considers Belgium a sensitive country when it comes to carrying out investigations between immigrants and crime. Apparently, in 1999 by the previous Minister of Justice Marc Verwilghen (VLD), had asked her to investigate the share foreign youth had in crimes carried out in Belgium, compared to the share of the total population. The report was written; however, its official release was constantly put off for political reasons. She later learned that the rather critical and detailed investigation was being politically blocked and finally ignored, only because it proved the connection between foreigners and crime.