What Changed my Mind about Mass Immigration

The sexual violence women face can no longer be ignored.

This article was authored by Paula, a member of WSI.

Politically, I’m right of centre. I firmly believe in free speech and religion, small state and individual responsibility. For society to work cohesively, I value moral integrity, law and order above all.

I’m well-travelled, having lived/worked abroad in Europe, East and South East Asia. I’ve backpacked around continents, soaking up the weird and wonderful cultural differences and experiences willingly.

I still love that aspect of myself. Open to new experiences and challenges. Having an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, always seeking, never not informed. I adore the planning, the research, the excitement of somewhere new. Inspired by cultural traditions and/or faiths that vary from my own.

It was with this perspective that, upon moving back to London some 16 years ago, I very much bought into the ‘multiculturalism benefits us all’ narrative parroted by MSM and governmental officials alike.

I liked to think of myself as educated, socially liberal, ready to embrace cultural diversity, as I had whilst abroad. Over the course of the last several years, however, this mindset has been drastically challenged by the very apparent influx of migrants from certain demographics, from cultures that differ so vastly from my own, particularly in their view(s) of women and girls.

Street harassment, unwanted attention, being very aware of your surroundings, holding keys a certain way, etc., is par for the course as a female. Our parents told girls specifically to be wary of strange men, our dads teaching us basic self-defence moves. You learned to trust your gut instinct, knowing when it’s a time to stand up for yourself, or to completely ignore the potentially dangerous man. (In the hope that being a mute who refuses to give eye contact is someone they’re best off not engaging with.) And most of the time, these tactics worked. Mostly harmless outcomes, only very occasionally concerning.

Within 5 years, I’ve felt & experienced a real shift in the dynamics and attitudes regarding harassment. The ‘occasionally concerning’ incidents of the past have now become the norm. I’m pursued, heckled, ogled and badgered. I’ve had my path blocked by individuals or groups of men from certain demographics. I’ve been called a racist or asked if I’m a racist for ignoring their advances, shouted at for walking straight past those that try to block my path, teeth sucked (what is that? I don’t like it), chest puffs, if I directly tell them to move out of my way, or are standing too close to my person. I have them cycling adjacent to me on the pavement as they say nothing. It’s endless. And I fear the worst is yet to come.

I refuse to be cow-towed into believing that this should be the norm for any woman or girl. I refuse to accept anyone who claims this is an exaggeration, or if it is happening, I must be doing something to encourage it. Perhaps I should, in fact, ignore these interactions, perhaps keep to myself because, you know, it’s ’racist’, or ‘xenophobic’, or ‘Far Right’ to highlight such matters.

It’s exhausting, anger-making, intolerable, and I refuse to take this lying down. I absolutely refuse to comply.No, Multiculturalism has not worked.

No. Integration has not succeeded.

No, Mass illegal immigration/refugees from countries we are not at war with/are not culturally aligned with, are not welcome.

No, I will not be silenced or accused of being a ‘fascist’ for stating my reality.

The time for quiet dissent is over. Women and girls are being wilfully put at risk of very real harm at the hands of men from cultures that barely register us as human.

I’m filled with a seething rage at each and every person in authority who has systematically permitted, and continues to permit, the endangerment of women and girls, for our very real fears to go unchecked, ignored, dismissed, and denigrated. To falsely accuse us of incitement, or some other ludicrous ‘ism’ or ‘‘phobia’ or my personal favourite,

‘Far Right fascism’, rather than admit to their abject failure. It is a sign of their weakness(es), their culpability, their hot mess. Women and girls are not human shields to their lives and thriving catastrophe.

This is why I joined and hope to support the WSI movement in its entirety. Enough is enough.

“If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?” - Hillel the Elder