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• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  9 September 2010     22:4369623
  #21       report
  i think bob is asking how they got in originally if they were not in the army.
  
  could it be that they qualify as family members?
• Keith Sansum1

  • Location: london
  • Registered: 25 Aug 2010
  • Posts: 23,942
  10 September 2010     06:4269640
  #22       report
  Some have no connection with the army what so ever
  jusyt come over for a better life
  ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  10 September 2010     09:3269665
  #23       report
  which begs the question asked earlier, on what grounds were they let in?
• Guest 645

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 4,463
  10 September 2010     10:0569678
  #24       report
  Normally allowed entry as a dependent of a person legally resident in the UK.
  Marek
  I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  10 September 2010     10:5769715
  #25       report
  keith says that some have no connection with the army, surely the ghurkas are the only ones entitled to residency here?
• Sid Perkins

  • Location: Dover
  10 September 2010     11:0169719
  #26       report
  Been open house for thirteen years, not surprised by anything I hear regarding who is here.
• Bob Frost

  • Location: Deal
  10 September 2010     11:2569725
  #27       report
  Interesting statement from Damian Green here which sums up what's been did (though go nowhere near telling what's been hid!)
  
  http://www.conservatives.com/News/Speeches/2010/09/Damian_Green_The_Real_Immigration_Question.aspx
• Guest 653

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 10,540
  11 September 2010     06:3069887
  #28       report
  The numbers are scary Bob; I just hope they can get a grip on improving the quality of people allowed in - those who are qualified, who will be paying taxes and learning (if they don't already have it) English.
  
  For too long we've allowed the dregs of the world and all sorts of criminals and gangs to come here; I'd hate to find out I'm sure, what the percentage of our prisons is filled with overseas criminals.
  
  Genuine refugees are hard to find in the U.K. now - they shouldn't be coming here anyway, as we don't have any countries in conflict, on our borders; if we do allow them to stay, they must be tied to certain conditions.
  
  
  
  
  Roger
• Guest 645

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  11 September 2010     06:4469889
  #29       report
  Roger
  The latest figures shows that there are 12,000 foreigners in UK Prisons representing 14% of the total prison population.
  
  Hope that helps it was unclear whether that figure including those failed asylum seekers currently held in Home Office Immigration detention Centres.
  Marek
  I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
• Guest 653

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 10,540
  11 September 2010     07:1169891
  #30       report
  Thanks Marek.
  
  I suppose turning that round, 86% of our prisoners are "home-grown"
  
  Have a good day.
  
  
  
  
  Roger
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  11 September 2010     09:1869910
  #31       report
  the inmates of detention centres are not counted as prisoners.

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