African street gangs on the rise

Police sources have revealed that there are increasing problems with African street gangs, and that they have been become increasingly violent.

The Sudanese gangs have been pointed out as a particular problem, with many young Sudanese men having been part of the SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army), a rebel group that fought in a revolution to overthrow the Sudanese government. Other race-based gangs are out on the streets, with Pacific Islander and Asian gangs also becoming a problem. The threat of jail poses no particular deterrent to many of those in the African and Vietnamese gangs, with one youth worker saying that "Prison would be like Buckingham Palace compared to where they've been - refugee camps and the like".[1,2]

One report noted that African gangs were moving into the central business district of Melbourne, targeting Crown Casino and the Southbank area in particular, and were armed with knives, batons, baseball bats, machetes, and samurai swords. The Melbourne suburbs of Dandenong and Springvale have been particular problem areas also. Residents and street police have asked police command to set up a special taskforce to combat violence and crime regarding the African migrants living in Melbourne's inner-city housing commission estates such as Flemington and Fitzroy.[2]

Groups of young Sudanese males have made it their practice to congregate in large numbers at train stations around Dandenong, and have been accused of intimidating behaviour and harassing people. Police spokesmen seem to be whitewashing the problem, instead of fixing it.[3]

There are even problems between rival Somalian groups, with opposing Somalians fighting each other. Without seeming to realise the contradiction, a do-gooders group called Urban Neighbours of Hope held an event to "promote multiculturalism", inviting "All South Sudanese from Springvale, Noble Park and the City of Greater Dandenong". Why not the North Sudanese, too? Was it because the realities of multiculturalism meant that the mixing of the two groups could cause violence?[4]

In one incident, in June 2006, some two hundred youths were involved in violent brawls at a Sudanese wedding; many of the thugs were armed with samurai swords, machetes, and baseball bats. Risking their lives, 32 police bravely took on the 200-strong mob, and broke up the fighting. Further incidents of gang warfare in the Dandenong area have occurred, also involving weapons.[5]

Yet more and more police resources are being spent on ways for the police to deal with the Sudanese problem. It has been reported that "police received specialist training with Sudanese community leaders on how to deal with cultural differences". The fact is that our police forces have limited resources, and limited time to spend on combating crime. For every 100 hours the police have to spend on the extra problems created by Africans imported into Australia, that's 100 hours of police time lost, that would otherwise have been spent on combating existing crime problems.[3,6]

Bringing refugees and immigrants from the Third World into Australia is creating a huge range of problems for local communities. Third World immigration is hurting Australia. It's time to stop it.