History repeating

Look at this old article if you want. It makes some good points about tabloid reporting about asylum seekers in the 1930's (mainly jews) and now. Here are some snippets (take note of the dates):

WHAT THE PAPERS KEEP ON SAYING


"There landed yesterday at Southampton from the transport Cheshire over 600 so-called refugees, their passages having been paid out of the Lord Mayor's Fund. . .There was scarce a hundred of them that had, by right, deserved such help, and these were the Englishmen of the party. The rest were Jews. . .They fought and jostled for the foremost places at the gangways. . .When the Relief Committee passed by they hid their gold and fawned and whined, and, in broken English, asked for money for their train fare."
Daily Mail, February 3, 1900

"It was 8.10pm on Christmas Day when the first mob struck. There were around 150 of them, howling and yelling as they made their way to the French mouth of the Channel Tunnel."
Daily Mail, December 27, 2001

"'The way stateless Jews from Germany are pouring in from every port of this country is becoming an outrage . . .' In these words, Mr Herbert Metcalfe, the Old Street magistrate, yesterday referred to the number of aliens entering the country through the 'back door' - a problem to which the Daily Mail has repeatedly pointed."
Daily Mail, August 20, 1938

"Swamped immigration officials are kicking out just TWELVE new bogus asylum seekers a month - out of 3,200 who should be sent packing."
The Sun, February 14, 2001

"A typically baffling illustration of the difficulty is the fact that Britain now has more Jews than Germany ever had. If a further accretion of, say, 100,000 of them come into the country, how could the danger be averted of an anti-Jewish feeling here?"
The Observer, July 31, 1938

"As fears of violence increased, it was revealed yesterday that the Government was repeatedly warned about the dangers of hostility between asylum seekers and communities ill-prepared to receive them. "
Daily Express, August 10, 2001

"The fact has to be recognised that Christians generally do not take kindly to the Jewish race . . . Not a few Englishmen regard Jews with a vague unfriendly toleration not far removed from dislike. . .and share. . .the wonder expressed in the lines 'How Odd of God to Choose The Jews'."
East Anglian Daily Times, March 2, 1934

"Many of the bogus asylum seekers flooding into Britain are cheats and criminals. . .Look at the Nistor family. These Romanian gypsies have been given a four-bedroom detached house free, plus £230 a month. . .The decent English family next door are moving because the Nistors are too noisy and filthy to endure any longer."
The Sunday People, March 5, 2000