"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Thursday, 25 February 2016 17:32:11 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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whisky-dave wrote:
So how will they pay the rent, food bills, council tax, utility
bills, and what about medical costs ?

The numbers of refugees over pension age is tiny.

yes so the majority are under pension age.
So how longh have they been paying into the UK pension pot ?

From as long as they have been working here and paying NI contributions?

Exactly.


Most wouldn't have the
strength for the journey. Just look at any TV prog showing them.

yes the weak, the old the women tend to get left behind.


But there is virtually zero Syrian refugees reaching the UK anyway.

So far, about from the 20k.

Figure I've seen is about 1000.

People see what they want to see.


But any who did - or any UK citizen not entitled to an OAP due to a
lack of NI contributions - could still claim some benefits.

But I've been told they don;t come here for benifits.

And? If they have worked here for long enough to earn benefits, you'd
stop
them?

No.
They can come here get a job and pay for living in the UK the same way I
do.
But I don;t see how they can if they have given all
their money to traficers for the dingy they rented.

They don't give all their money to traffickers, and they
mostly don't rent dinghies either, it's a one way trip for
plenty of them.

So I agree with taking them from the caps rather than the beaches.
I dont; understand how a syrian family can afford ot live
in the UK let alone london, were one bed flats are 300K+ .
yes sure take them to Barnsley for the free months rent
but I don't understand how they can afford it.

Luckily, we haven't
quite got to the point in this country of letting people starve or
rely
solely on charity. Yet.

exactly so saying that no one comes here for benifits is irrelivent.
They still need a home and for that to happen unless they build them
then that's one home less for anyone currently looking for a home.

Depends. Many may want to come to the UK because they have family/friends
here already, and will live with them.

Yes sure they do, you see how this works on the TV, arranged marriages and
the like. And with so called extended families.....
If you say there are just 1000 syrians in the UK how many friends and
family will they have ?

I take it you're perfectly happy with non UK residents buying up property
and leaving it empty?

No more so than I am happy for UK residents to do it.
My old school is now flats being brought or rented.
If a syrian has the 350K for a 1 bedroom flat they they
can have it or my brother can or anyone else, whoever
has the money can have the property whether they
leave it empty or not is up to them.

What I would object to is someone using it to house 2+ families or
to renting it illegaly or by those breaking what I'd call serious laws.
If you don;t know what they are then for me a serious law being
broken would be using the flat for child sex or distilling alochol,
or running a DVD duplicating scam, rathe r than parking on a
yellow line, or swerving to avoid hittign a cat/dog in a bus lane.
I do not care what skin colour they have or their religious beliefs,
but I equaly don;t want to be told that I can;t report them for kiddy
fiddling because of their culture or that they are a famous DJ.