Immigration and economical emmigration

The_White_Horse

Bonia77 wrote: »

The other issue is that there a lot more brits working/living abroad than non-Brits working here :rolleyes:

I would love to see them being asked to move back to UK :rotfl:

But the point you are missing is that the vast majority are working and contributing - not scrounging.

Bonia77

The_White_Horse wrote: »

But the point you are missing is that the vast majority are working and contributing - not scrounging.

That's why you have these signs in English at the Dalaman airport that non-licenced cars are not allowed to drive to the departures/arrival car park....;)

I'm not even going to mention the cash-in hand traders in Spain.....

I'm sorry to disappoint you but the percentage of honest/tax paying Brits abroad is probably the same as percentage of honest/working non-Brits here.

The_White_Horse

Bonia77 wrote: »

That's why you have these signs in English at the Dalaman airport that non-licenced cars are not allowed to drive to the departures/arrival car park....;)

I'm not even going to mention the cash-in hand traders in Spain.....

I'm sorry to disappoint you but the percentage of honest/tax paying Brits abroad is probably the same as percentage of honest/working non-Brits here.

but are they claiming benefits from the taxpayer and getting free education/health care?

StevieJ

The_White_Horse wrote: »

But the point you are missing is that the vast majority are working and contributing - not scrounging.

Did that include Ronnie Biggs or shady sorts on the Costa.D.S

Bonia77

The_White_Horse wrote: »

but are they claiming benefits from the taxpayer and getting free education/health care?

If they emigrate to any EU country they get exactly the same rights/benefits as citizens of such a country, so yes, they do

Schwade

The_White_Horse wrote: »

but are they claiming benefits from the taxpayer and getting free education/health care?

I can see you have no idea.

Schwade

Chantalle wrote: »

what gets me is the effect of lots of immigration on the social cohesion of Britain. I don't think that the recent popularity in the BNP is a coincidence.

I can also see you have no idea.

Oldernotwiser

Bonia77 wrote: »

That's why you have these signs in English at the Dalaman airport that non-licenced cars are not allowed to drive to the departures/arrival car park....;)

I'm not even going to mention the cash-in hand traders in Spain.....

I'm sorry to disappoint you but the percentage of honest/tax paying Brits abroad is probably the same as percentage of honest/working non-Brits here.

That's just rubbish! The majority of Brits living abroad are retired and living on pensions, paying their taxes where appropriate. There are dishonest people in any country but to say that they're a majority is ridiculous.

leveller2911

Bonia77 wrote: »

If they emigrate to any EU country they get exactly the same rights/benefits as citizens of such a country, so yes, they do

It would be interesting to know if the Benefits in Eastern Europe are enough to live on .If they ARE then they are clearly equel to the benefits here.I would suspect they are not and are geared to "encouraging" people to find work(sadly here it has been the opposite and encourage people NOT to work) .
(Before the Leftie,yoghurt knitters start, yes I do know many people are unemployed through no fault of their own)

Bonia77

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

That's just rubbish! The majority of Brits living abroad are retired and living on pensions, paying their taxes where appropriate. There are dishonest people in any country but to say that they're a majority is ridiculous.

I have never said that majority are dishonest ,

I said that you can get dishonest Brits too :eek: