Petition Refugees & Economic Migrants

[fred]

As you point out, the Syrians have money. They are looking for refugee status, not economic benefits.

They have money?? oh thats ok then... I hope they don't lose their ATM cards!!
I also hope their banks were not bombed or their cash raided by ISIS..
The Indian refugees from Uganda had money..Many were wealthy. none had a pot to piss in when they arrived in the U.K.. Just the shirts on their back.

[KeithD]

I also hope their banks were not bombed or their cash raided by ISIS...

Banks haven't been run that way since the Wild West in the 1800's It's all electronic now, you can rob and blow up as many banks as you wish, the accounts are still live.

[fred]

Banks haven't been run that way since the Wild West in the 1800's It's all electronic now, you can rob and blow up as many banks as you wish, the accounts are still live.

Syrian banks..

The banking sector, which is dominated by four state-owned banks but includes 14 privately owned institutions, mostly subsidiaries of banks in Lebanon and other Arab countries, has largely been cut off from the global financial system by international sanctions against Assad’s regime.

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/08/02/229950.html

I guess that means their cards wont work in European ATM`s?