Quote Originally Posted by fred View Post
Keith.. If they are not economic immigrants and they have money, why dont they go and seek refuge in the Bahama`s and sit round the beach bar sipping rum and coke`s? It`s what I would do!!
Why Western Europe specifically?
Thousands have left the country and done things like that, but your average Joe may have money, but not enough to live in another country until they die. The same as most people in this country could not do the same.

Quote Originally Posted by London_Manila View Post

Money would be better spent on improving the camps for these people in countries like Lebanon
We can help these people without giving them the right to live in the Uk
The camps are full, hence the overflow problem we have now. I mentioned this he other day, along with the stats. 26% of the Lebanese population is now made up of refugees. Every camp and spare bedroom is full. The UN does not have the means or money to build new ones.