British MP seeks action over Aussie attacks on Indians
February 4th, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS ( 3 comments )London, Feb 4 (IANS) A British MP representing one of the largest Indian-origin settlements in Europe has demanded to be told what actions the Australian government is taking to prevent further violent attacks on Indians living in Australia.
Keith Vaz, Britain’s longest-serving MP of Indian origin, told Australian High Commissioner John Dauth his constituents with family-members living in Australia are scared and upset after mounting violent attacks on Indian students.
“I am most concerned about these spate of attacks. As an India origin MP I represent a large amount of British Indians who are rightly very upset about the safety of Indians in Australia,” Vaz, a former Labour minister, said in a letter to Dauth.
Vaz, whose Leicester East constituency in southeast England is known as ‘Little India’ for its large Indian-origin community, asked the diplomat to inform him of the actions taken by the Australian government to prevent such attacks.
The MP said in a statement later he is “extremely concerned” about the attacks as he has received “anxious messages from constituents with family currently living in Australia who are scared by reports of violence.”
“I am awaiting a response from the Australian High Commissioner on this very serious issue,” he said.
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February 5th, 2010 at 3:10 am
Tread carefully Mr Vaz, the diminishing identity of the Australian is no different than that of the Goan in India. If there is one thing Indians despise in foreigners, it is colonisation.
February 5th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Mr. Vaz, or as known to many Vaseline Vaz. Would want to speak out against the attack, which turns out to be a accident in the course of a insurance fraud. Mr Vaz knows only to well the word deception, which is where he finds his empathy
May 7th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Its true that Indians are deliberately being attacked by racist Australians. One or two cases of fraud does not change the reality or ignore the hundreds of attacks on Indians. Thank you Mr. Vaz, you are not afraid to speak the truth and this is the reason why you have been a long serving MP.