Pauline Hanson is right about Third World diseases being brought into Australia

Pauline Hanson was quite right to raise the problem of infectious diseases being brought into Australia by African immigrants. Australian nationalists have, for many years, been raising the issue of African and Asian immigrants bringing diseases into our country. Communicable diseases which were once rare in Australia have now been making a come-back, because of Third World immigration. These include TB (tuberculosis) and leprosy.

Liberal politician Bruce Baird was quoted in The Age (7 Dec. 2006), saying

“There are no immigrants from Africa or any other place in the world coming to Australia with diseases. This is pure fiction, designed to provoke racial intolerance in the community.”

In the same Age article, Greens politician Bob Brown called Pauline a “bloodsucker”. Why? Because she was politically incorrect in telling the truth about Third World immigration?

The pro-immigration spin-doctors have been trying to cover up the facts by saying that there is no problem, but they have been caught out. For example, an article in The Age from March 2006 reported:

HIV treatment for new refugees to Australia, some of whom weren't screened for the infection before arriving, is costing NSW $2 million annually. ...Many had not been screened by the Immigration Department and discovered they had the illness only after entering Australia. ...State health officials have already warned there may be an outbreak of diseases from overseas arrivals in NSW hospitals because federal government does not screen all refugees.

Earlier research has revealed the problem of a high number of Africans and Asians having Hepatitis B. Amazingly, in some cases, the Immigration Department knowingly and deliberately even allows people infecting with HIV/AIDS to migrate to Australia. Apparently, “a considerable number of people with HIV/AIDS have succeeded in obtaining permanent residence in Australia” (says the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations). The incidence of infection to Australians may be relatively low, but will that be a comfort to the friends and families of sick or dying Australians?

Pauline Hanson has done good work in alerting Australian to immigration problems. What the Australian people need from her now is a strong campaign for a low immigration programme that restricts entry into Australia to only people of British and European descent, to provide a homogeneous society that is protected from the ravages of immigration-led genocide and the other social problems that arise from unwanted immigration and multiculturalism.

We wish Pauline well with her awareness-raising of the link between Third World immigration and terrible diseases; her exposing of the pro-Third World immigration policies of Liberal-Labor will bring these matters to the widespread attention of the Australian public.

References:

"Hanson a 'bloodsucker': Brown", 7 December 2006
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/hanson-a-bloodsucker-brown/2006/12/07/1165081058437.html

"HIV-infected arrivals costing $2m a year", 10 March 2006
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/HIVinfected-arrivals-costing-2m-a-year/2006/03/10/1141701642472.html

"Mass Immigration: Undermining Australia's Way of Life" (Section Six: Health)
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~natinfo/imm3-6.htm

"Applying for permanent residence in Australia: Information for people with HIV/AIDS and their advisors", Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO)
http://www.afao.org.au/view_articles.asp?pxa=ve&pxs=99&id=247

see also:
"Health requirement for permanent entry to Australia" [PDF file]
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/1071i.pdf



Note: The connection between Third World immigrants and diseases has been well-known for many years, and has been widely documented in Australia and other Western countries. For example, see:


Estimates of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Australia, 2000.
[Aust N Z J Public Health. 2004 Jun ;28:212-6], http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:15707165
"To estimate the prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in Australia and attributable proportions associated with specific demographic groups at higher risk of infection. [mentions "high-risk groups (injecting drug users, homosexual men, Indigenous Australians and people born in high-prevalence countries"] ... Approximately 50% of people with chronic HBV infection were estimated to be immigrants from either South-East Asia (33.3%) or North-East Asia (16.2%). ... A large proportion of people with chronic HBV infection are Asian born."

The current pattern of hepatitis B virus infection in Australia.
[J Viral Hepat. 2006 Mar ;13:206-15], http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:16475997
"The adjusted OR of HBV infection was significantly increased in patients who had been diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (36.3-fold), born in Asia or Pacific islands (12.4-fold), born in North Africa, Middle East & Mediterranean countries (6-fold) or born abroad elsewhere in the world (2.7-fold)"

Knowledge about hepatitis and previous exposure to hepatitis viruses in immigrants and refugees from the Mekong Region.
[Aust N Z J Public Health. 2005 Feb ;29:64-8], http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:15782875
"Infection with hepatithepatitis C (HCV) viruses is relatively common throughout South-East Asia and chronic infection can lead to severe consequences. ... Nine per cent of Laotian and 8% of Cambodian participants were infected with HBV. ... These findings indicate a significant prevalence of undetected HBV and HCV infections and an urgent need for the provision of culturally relevant information about viral hepatitis in immigrants of South-East Asian origin."

Undiagnosed and potentially lethal parasite infections among immigrants and refugees in Australia.
[J Travel Med. ;13:233-9], http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:16884406
“surveys of 127 East African and 234 Cambodian immigrants and refugees were undertaken in 2000 and 2002, respectively, to assess the burden of intestinal parasites ... Intestinal parasites were identified in 77/117 fecal samples from East African and in 25/204 samples collected from Cambodian participants. Eleven percent (14/124) of East Africans and 42% (97/230) of Cambodians had positive or equivocal serology for S stercoralis. Schistosoma serology was positive or equivocal in 15% (19/124) of East African participants. Potentially serious intestinal parasite infections are common among recent and longer term immigrants despite multiple visits to health care providers.”

Screening for intestinal parasites in recently arrived children from East Africa.
[J Paediatr Child Health. 2003 Aug ;39:456-9], http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:12919501
“among children recently arrived from East African countries. ... One hundred and thirty-five children (median age 8.1 years, range 1.0-17.5) participated ... Parasites were detected in 50% of samples, and 18% of children carried a possibly pathogenic species. No child was symptomatic at diagnosis. Positive or equivocal serology occurred in 11% of children for Strongyloides and 2% for Schistosoma. Anaemia and iron deficiency were detected in 16% of all children. ... Carriage of intestinal parasites is common among children from East Africa. Those carrying pathogenic organisms require treatment and follow up to ensure eradication. The results of this survey support the need for routine assessment of newly arrived immigrants from East Africa”

Chronic Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Laotian immigrants and refugees 7-20 years after resettlement in Australia
[Epidemiology and Infection (2002), 128: 439-444 Cambridge University Press],
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=111685
“A cross-sectional survey of 95 Laotian settlers who arrived in Australia on average 12 years prior to the study was conducted ... Twenty-three participants had positive Strongyloides stercoralis test results ... The detection of chronic strongyloidiasis in Laotian settlers is a concern because of the potential serious morbidity associated with this pathogen.”

Screening for leprosy in immigrants -- a decision analysis model.
[Lepr Rev. 2003 Sep ;74:240-8], http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:14577469
"Almost all leprosy cases reported in industrialized countries occur amongst immigrants or refugees from developing countries where leprosy continues to be an important health issue. …Using Australian data, the migrant mix would produce 74 leprosy cases from 10 years intake; screening would detect 54, and 19 would be diagnosed subsequently after migration. Screening would only produce significant case-yield amongst immigrants from regions or social groups with high leprosy prevalence. Since the number of immigrants to Australia from countries of higher endemnicity is not large routine leprosy screening would have a small impact on case incidence."
[note: immigration screening only detected 54 out of 74 immigrant leprosy cases.]

A review of refugee medical screening in New South Wales.
[Med J Aust. 1987 Jan 5;146(1):9-12.],
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus&db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=abstractplus&list_uids=3796404
“of the refugees in Sydney who had positive results of serological tests for syphilis, a substantial proportion (at times in excess of 50%) had had a negative result at the overseas screening; subsequent follow-up of those with positive serological results indicated inactive disease in almost all cases. There is a need to monitor the infectious disease prevalence and the effectiveness of overseas screening of refugees by on-arrival screening”

Determining TB rates and TB case burden for refugees.
[Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2005 Apr ;9:409-14], http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:15830746
“Despite overseas screening, refugees have high TB rates, and contribute substantially to the county TB case burden. Enhanced surveillance and targeted programs to address TB in refugees should be a public health priority.”

Why the tuberculosis incidence rate is not falling in New Zealand.
[N Z Med J. 2006 ;119:U2248], http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:17063188
“TB incidence is not decreasing in NZ mainly due to migration of TB infected people from high-incidence countries and subsequent development of active disease in some of them in NZ. ... Refugees and migrants are not acting as an important source of TB for most NZ-born populations. Those caring for them should have a high level of clinical suspicion for TB.”

The health status of asylum seekers screened by Auckland Public Health in 1999 and 2000.
[N Z Med J. 2002 Aug 23;115:U152], http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:12362208
“Nine hundred people, mainly from Middle Eastern countries, received screening. Important findings were: symptoms of psychological illness (38.4%); Mantoux skin test positivity ( 36.4%); active tuberculosis (0.6%); TB infection requiring chemoprophylaxis (18%) or chest X-ray monitoring (15%); gut parasite infection; carrier state for alpha and beta thalassaemia and the heterozygous states for HbS and HbE; incomplete immunisation; and the need for referral to a secondary care service (32.6%).”

Prevalence of tuberculosis, hepatitis B virus, and intestinal parasitic infections among refugees to Minnesota.
[Public Health Rep. ;117:69-77], http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:12297684
“2,545 refugees arriving in Minnesota during 1999 received a domestic health examination ... Forty-nine percent of refugees had a reactive tuberculin test of >or=10 mm induration, with a higher prevalence in males (54%) and refugees >or=18 years of age (63%) (p<0.001). Seven percent had a positive hepatitis B surface antigen, with the highest prevalence in those people from sub-Saharan Africa (8%) (p=0.002) and those refugees >or=18 years of age (9%) (p=0.006). Twenty-two percent had one or more intestinal parasites ... Evidence of infection with M. tuberculosis, hepatitis B virus, or one of eight intestinal parasites was present in a substantial proportion of refugees receiving the domestic health assessment.”

HIV education needs among Sudanese immigrants and refugees in the Midwestern United States.
[AIDS Behav. 2006 May ;10:319-23], http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:16479412
“Migrant populations may be particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases ... In particular, migrant populations can be at high risk for HIV infection, in part due to lack of education about disease acquisition. ... a significant proportion of individuals from this population are poorly educated about HIV infection, exhibit attitudes and beliefs that may increase their risk for disease acquisition, and create barriers to HIV prevention and care, and engage in high-risk sexual behaviors.”

Increase in African immigrants and refugees with tuberculosis -- Seattle-King County, Washington, 1998-2001.
[MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2002 Oct 4;51:882-3], http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:12375690
“The findings indicate that in Seattle-King County, persons at risk for TB who have arrived recently in the United States were primarily from the African-Horn countries of Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Primary health-care providers and civil surgeons ... should be aware of the high TB rate among African immigrants, especially within the first 5 years after immigration, and be alert for severe extrapulmonary forms of TB.”

Screening of immigrants and refugees for pulmonary tuberculosis in San Diego County, California.
[Chest. 2004 Dec;126:1777-82], http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:15596673
“Five hundred seventy-one of 658 immigrants and refugees (87%) of completed screening. Thirty-nine subjects (7%) were found to have active TB, and 433 subjects (76%) were found to have latent TB.”