Cempaka Belanda: Being illegal is easy in the Netherlands

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Being illegal is easy in the Netherlands

Illegal aliens in the Netherlands help each other find work as cleaners and dishwashers. Brazilian Fernando Alves Pimentel has now made enough money to return home.

NRC International, 23 December 2009 09:17, by Sander Heijne in Amsterdam

This file photo shows an illegal worker waiting for a ride to a job in The Hague. Not all illegal aliens in the Netherlands are as content as Fernando Alves Pimentel. Photo Rien Zilvold

"I have had a good time here. I managed to stay out of police hands. I have worked, made money and had fun. But it's enough. I want to go back home," said Fernando Alves Pimentel one day before leaving the Netherlands. After two-and-a-half years in Amsterdam, Alves reported himself to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In the Netherlands, this NGO helps illegal aliens return to their home countries by paying for their ticket if they can't afford one.

Alves had stuffed two suitcases until they weighed 23 kilos each. He would bring home about 2,500 euros worth of goods purchased in the Netherlands: a computer, a camcorder, clothes. He barrely had any cash on him; all his money had been safely wired to a Brazilian bank account. "What I made here will last about ten years," the 27-year-old said.

Alves' story is just one amongst the tens of thousands of similar ones lived by immigrants living and working in the Netherlands without a permit. Most live here for a couple of years to make money for the families they have left behind or to build a good life in their country of origin. Despite Dutch and European efforts to root out illegal aliens, it is relatively simple to live underground.

Tourist visa

First of all, it is easy for Brazilians to enter the European Union, said Alves. "I flew to Paris on a tourist visa. I had a friend in the Netherlands and she told me it was easy to make money here, so I travelled on to Amsterdam." After reaching the Netherlands he overstayed his visa. He has remained here illegally ever since.

"I did fear being caught and deported in the beginning. I had borrowed money on the black market in Brazil to pay for the ticket. If I had been deported before I had paid off my debt, I would have had a problem. If you can't pay, they will kill you," Alves said.

Once an illegal immigrant is deported from the EU it is hard to get back in, a spokesperson for the Dutch justice ministry explained. A deportee is registered in the Schengen Information System database which can be consulted before issuing a tourist visa. An EU 'return directive' to be implemented in December 2010, will make it easier to deport and ban people from the European Union entirely.

Under Dutch law, police officers can ask aliens who they suspect may be here illegally for identification. Alves: "I know that if I am ever stopped for anything, I will be on the next flight to Brazil. That's why I make sure the lights on my bike work and I never run a red light."

Fines for employers

Alves doesn't speak Dutch and his English is very poor, yet he had no trouble finding work in the Netherlands. "The friend who lived here knew another Brazilian girl who was about to return. She had a cleaning job for three hours a week which I could buy from her for 120 euros." And so Alves landed his first, 10 euro per hour, job in Amsterdam.

As he got to know more Brazilians, more jobs came his way. He painted, cleaned, washed dishes in restaurants, did odd jobs at a field hockey club. "There is a whole network of Brazilians in the city who help each other finds jobs," Alves said.

While illegal aliens risk being deported, the employees who hire them are also in violation of the law. Business who have illegal employees risk being fined up to 8,000 euros. People who privately hire them as cleaners or painters have to pay 4,000 euros if they are caught.

"The risk of getting caught is slim," explained one Amsterdam restaurant-owner who asked not to be named citing fear of the authorities. "The labour costs are low and illegal aliens work hard." He said he occasionally had illegal aliens working in his kitchen. "Right now, I am looking for a new dishwasher. I will hire anyone who makes a reliable impression and is willing to work hard for little pay. That can be a either a student or an illegal alien."

In his restaurant, the illegal aliens are not treated differently, he said. In fact their net pay is a bit higher than that of legal residents. "Other dishwashers make minimum wage, but because of all the taxes they cost me more," the restaurant owner explained. He is not the only one willing to employ illegal aliens. "Think about all those who have a Ghanaian or Brazilian cleaning lady. They are all here illegaly," he said.

Society within a society

The people who hired him were pretty much the only Dutch people Alves got to know. "I had a Dutch girlfriend for about a year and my landlord is Dutch," Alves said. But he mostly stuck with fellow Brazilians, practically all of whom were here illegally. They have created their own society within society, according to Alves. But despite this isolation, they find their way to useful services. "All Brazilians know they can get home for free through the IOM and everyone I know travels that way," Alves said. Meanwhile the Brazilian consulate in Rotterdam, helps all Brazillian citizens, legal or illegal."

By the time this interview is published Alves will have safely returned to Brazil and taken up his job respraying cars. The money he earned in the Netherlands will allow him to refurbish his mother's house and buy his own car.

He cherishes happy memories of the Netherlands, but will not recommend any of his friends to go there. For one, the Brazilian economy is in better shape than it was when he left. The other reason is the insecurity that comes with staying here illegally. "Fortunately I had a good friend in the Netherlands - a fellow illegal Brazilian - who would have called my family if anything were to happen to me. The worst thing that can happen to an illegal alien is to die without your family ever hearing about it," Alves said.