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  Rightly or wrongly, the mass granting of ex-Ghurkas citizenship would potentially flood the UK with tens of thousands of applications of Leave to Remain from their dependants, i.e. wives, children and other family members back in Nepal. If then settled in the UK, would these dependants be capable of supporting themselves or would they become reliant on state funds? No matter the noble service of the individual Ghurkas, can we really vouch for those who will tag along on the coat-tails of their new status in the UK? For every settled Ghurka, we could be looking at half a dozen settlement applications from their family members.
  
  I don't want to make an emotive judgement call on this, but I think these are factors worth considering. I almost feel nervous writing the above given the saintly status accorded to the Ghurkas by so many people. Economic betterment is the prime motive force behind most people, and not even the Ghurkhas are above this, even though they have a very deserving cause and huge public support.

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