Geert Wilders: we need less Moroccans in the country
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 8:49 am
Interviewer: Two days ago you caused a lot of uproar in The Hague market when you said "we could do with less Moroccans in the Hague". Do you, two days later, still stand by that statement?
GW: Yes; even more so.
Interviewer: Why more so?
GW: Well, it would be wonderful, having less Moroccans in The Netherlands and also in The Hague. You must know, that not only are Moroccans seven times more likely to receive government assistance (social security benefits) than the autochthonous population, but they are also five times more likely to be criminals. Six out of ten Moroccan boys younger than 23 have come in contact with the police. They are twenty two times more likely to be guilty of muggings. So, if we could get those kind people out of the country, out of the cities... then the city - people like you and I, families, parents, tram drivers - would be relieved of a whole lot of misery.
Interviewer: You said "could"... "if we could". How could it [be done]?
GW: Well, why wouldn't it be possible?
Interviewer: How would it be done?
GW: Well, often they hold double nationality. So I think that if they commit misbehaviour, then one should be able to take their Dutch nationality away. And because they, almost all, still have a Moroccan passport, one would be able to send them back to Morocco on the first Air Morocco plane to Morocco. That would be fantastic. There is a lot of opposition, particularly from the PVDA (The Labour Party) and this is understandable because they are their voters, who they are trying to serve - what would the Labour Party be without the Arab vote?
Interviewer: But this is about a small percentage [of Dutch Moroccans]. Are you then not afraid that you are generalising about an entire section of the population?
GW: No, I am not afraid of that, because I don't do that.
Interviewer: Well you said "Moroccans".
GW: Well, having less Moroccans would be fantastic. But I do also explain why: because they go into criminality; and I do also say that we should turf the criminal Moroccans out of the country.
GW: You said to me earlier "are you not afraid"; we need to stop being afraid. I am so tired of all you people who are so afraid. You can't even say in this country, without being made out for Hitler... that criminals need to be turfed out of this county.
GW: Yes; even more so.
Interviewer: Why more so?
GW: Well, it would be wonderful, having less Moroccans in The Netherlands and also in The Hague. You must know, that not only are Moroccans seven times more likely to receive government assistance (social security benefits) than the autochthonous population, but they are also five times more likely to be criminals. Six out of ten Moroccan boys younger than 23 have come in contact with the police. They are twenty two times more likely to be guilty of muggings. So, if we could get those kind people out of the country, out of the cities... then the city - people like you and I, families, parents, tram drivers - would be relieved of a whole lot of misery.
Interviewer: You said "could"... "if we could". How could it [be done]?
GW: Well, why wouldn't it be possible?
Interviewer: How would it be done?
GW: Well, often they hold double nationality. So I think that if they commit misbehaviour, then one should be able to take their Dutch nationality away. And because they, almost all, still have a Moroccan passport, one would be able to send them back to Morocco on the first Air Morocco plane to Morocco. That would be fantastic. There is a lot of opposition, particularly from the PVDA (The Labour Party) and this is understandable because they are their voters, who they are trying to serve - what would the Labour Party be without the Arab vote?
Interviewer: But this is about a small percentage [of Dutch Moroccans]. Are you then not afraid that you are generalising about an entire section of the population?
GW: No, I am not afraid of that, because I don't do that.
Interviewer: Well you said "Moroccans".
GW: Well, having less Moroccans would be fantastic. But I do also explain why: because they go into criminality; and I do also say that we should turf the criminal Moroccans out of the country.
GW: You said to me earlier "are you not afraid"; we need to stop being afraid. I am so tired of all you people who are so afraid. You can't even say in this country, without being made out for Hitler... that criminals need to be turfed out of this county.
