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Peterborough has a large immigrantcommunityandmost people voted for Brexit. Logically therefore a lot of people are not happy with the number of immigrants in Peterborough.

But I would ask people to think carefully before they use social media to post comments apparently in support of the Hungarian position - especially as blogs etc (rather than more reliable sources like official reports etc) were often used in compiling this dubious Hungarian document.

Because if lots of people post comments about how dangerous parts of Peterborough is (dangers often unrelated to Muslimimmigration), they give support (if inadvertantly) to the Hungarian position, which is, (at its most brutal) that it is betterforSyrianchildrentodieinSyriathan survive in Europe.

That was in fact the result of a poll in the Czech Republic whereIlive; 80percentofpeople said the Czech Republic should not také ANY refugees fromtheMiddleEastorAfrica; not even from war zones, not even children.

The wording was not “is it better for Syrian children to die in Syria, than live here?” but the effect is the same. And this is the general opinion in most post-communist states to some degree; Poland, Slovakia, Hungary andthe Czech Republic.

Onemorethought; Hungary (andSlovakia) wasofcourse acollaborationist state during the Second WorldWar. Young bomber crews flew out every night from the bases around Peterborough, risking their lives to defeat fascism. Fascism is now on the rise again, especially in Eastern Europe where people have become so hysterical about Muslims and terrorism that they are turning their backs ondemocracy.

And this is what the referendum in Hungary is re- ally about. In this part of the world, racism and a meanness of spirit towards minorities are so socially acceptable that fromthebeginning of the “migrant crisis” most people wanted to refuse to help, and talk of no-go areas and terrorismarepartlysimplyattempts to justify this standpoint. In every survey, Eastern European countries show high levels of racism (even before the recent “crisis”, 43 per cent of Hungarianswouldnoteven want a Muslim as a colleague, and 73 per cent of Czechs would not want a Muslim as a colleague, the highest level of racism in the EU (source - EU survey 2015).) A recent World Giving I ndex also shows that whereas the UK is 8th most generous country in the world with regard to how manypeopledoSOMETHING (anything!) to help charities, Hungary was the 121st.

I don ´ t want to lecture Peterborough people about their city. I accept there are problems. I accept some of those are connected with immigrants. I simply hope Pe- terborough people will not inadvertantly play the Hungarian game of labelling ALL those problems as “Muslim” problems. I cannot believe that is the case, and I hope nobody in Peterborough would willingly want to give that impression, and therefore give credibility to racist, intolerant and fasicist tendencies now sweeping Eastern Europe. Or helpthosepoliticians whouse hatred as apolitical weaponto save their political careers. Mark Johnston Czech Republic I read the article by Mr Newton of Beluga Close about the noise a concert at the football groundwouldcauseresidents such as himself.

Beluga Close - that’s the new build properties right?

Welldon’tbuyahousenext to afootball groundthen- simple. Scott Mason By email