The Tale Of An Economic Refugee.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/syrian-woman-who-almost-drowned-in-the-mediterranean-urges-uk-to-help-migrants-10202906.html

Read this in full to realise how this woman and her young child finely arrived in Britain.

The story brings tears to one's eyes, but I am afraid not tears of pity, but tears of despair.

Marvellous she is at least housed and her child has a place in school, more than can be said for some of our own.

[Boto]

Yes, tears of despair that they crossed so many other countries before arriving in Britain. How dare she say Britain 'must' help these people.

[VHG]

Syria is 72,000 square miles, the UK is 94,000 square miles, so we are a little bigger than them.

But we have a population of about 64 million, they have a population of about 18 million.

While we would like to help we cant just keep taking more and more people.

India has a population of about 1.2 BILLION, most of whom have a far worse quality of life than we do in the UK, so do we take all them as well?

We cant keep taking more and more people, particularly ones who will probably spend much of their life living on benefits.

Yes it is a sad story, but I am sure there would be millions of sad stories if you spoke to people in many of the countries he world, but we are small country almost full up.

We give a lot of foreign aid, and we are far better helping people IN their own country than constantly taking them in to live here.

[bazwillrun]

"more than can be said for some of our own."

exactly...and thats why they come here, they know whats on offer.

[B00]

While i agree with your sentiments to an extent, I find it hard to believe that you didn't feel a smidgen of sympathy for this woman's plight and what she endured.

[Mamyalynne]

A heartbreaking story - no person should have to resort to such drastic measures to have a semblance of a peaceable life.

[Broseph]

Are you offended that the worlds poorest people try and find a better life? I'm not and would do the same if I were them as I suspect everyone else would unless they were too scared or lazy to do so.

Are you angered by people that have won the lottery or successful to when maybe you feel that someone in your family should have won? I'm not I wish them all the best even though I may have played the same game against them and had lost and feel I was more deserving.

It's a great positive attitude to have I promise you.

[Svejk]

I didn't. She wouldn't stay in Turkey because 'they don't look after you there'. She lived in at least 2 European countries before washing up here. What possible excuse can she have to claim asylum here.
If I ran the country, she'd find herself back in Turkey pdq.

[ummmm]

And I can't help but think aren't we so lucky to never know what this mother has been through.

[Broseph]

/If I ran the country, she'd find herself back in Turkey pdq./

Obviously this country has the best future for her and her family. What's hard to understand?

[Baldric]

//In January this year she finally made the last leg of her journey from Calais in a refrigerated lorry carrying oranges, vegetables and several Syrian stowaways.//

And if Labour get in they'll be able to ride in the cab with the driver and have a National Insurance Number issued as they come through Dover!!!!!

[Svejk]

People in Syria have been, and would be living peaceful lives for decades if not for people like her husband.

[Baldric]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3053043/Miliband-bring-uncontrolled-migration-Mail-urges-speak-PM-s-stark-warning.html

[anotheoldgit]

ummmm

/// And I can't help but think aren't we so lucky to never know what this mother has been through. ///

All partly self inflicted.

[Svejk]

Broseph /If I ran the country, she'd find herself back in Turkey pdq./

Obviously this country has the best future for her and her family. What's hard to understand? ///

There are billions of people in the world who would have a better life in this country(even on benefits like this one) We can't help them all. Is that too hard for you to understand?

[Broseph]

/We can't help them all. Is that too hard for you to understand?/

I knew some clever clogs would try this one.

Svejk. Just where did we get our power and wealth from over the centuries and how did we obtain them? Think on that gem of a nugget for a moment and then ask yourself if someone steals something from someone shouldn't they pay it back somehow?

I think we both know the answer already,don't we.

[sandyRoe]

An economic refugee? Could she have fled in order to escape the civil war raging there?

[ummmm]

Luck of birth is not self inflicted.

[Svejk]

I think someone stole your brain. I should ask for it back if I were you.

[tamborine]

Most Turks would taker her in with her £10k jewelery investment. I smell a rat.