Immigrants and remittances...

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its ok,we just print some more.

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Boooooooorrrrrriiiiiiingg.

how much did we give to get the banks to get us out of the **.

Never discussed in the media or by politicians.

it is not that important in the grand scheme of things.

Plenty of foreign money comes to the UK from expat havens such as Spain - it all evens out I am sure..

correct toop -lord ashcroft being the prime example

ENGLANDAWAY 06 Feb 12:55

Somalis living in Britain sent £1 billion back to Somalia last year.


source?

hp

Toop. Expats in Spain are generally non-working retirees. Nothing flowing in from them

What a stupid comment!

1 billion pound is a lot of money. how many somalians are in this country?

We defo need a source for that englandaway, can't just let that one go, you could've just made the figure up for all we know.

can't see him doing that rob tbh ;)

Read it about 6 weeks ago. Think it was the Times or the Guardian.
Believe there are about 25,000 Somalis in London alone, 10k in Wembley.
All immigrants return monies.
The Pakistanis are being watched due to terrorism.
There are people who move money without a banking system. You pay a middleman here and just collect cash off his broker in Pakistan.

25,000 somalians = £40,000/person in one year???
50,000 - £20k/head
100,000 - £10k/head

Either there are a lot more than 100,000 somalians in uk, or they are saving an awful lot of money, or your figures are wrong englandaway

Veck 06 Feb 13:52
Toop. Expats in Spain are generally non-working retirees. Nothing flowing in from them

Try again, Veck, I live in Spain and I know a few hundred other english expats and we are all working.

The £1 billion figure is a lie

Toop Toop 06 Feb 14:16


The £1 billion figure is a lie


Is this true Englandaway? Have you been lying to us?

somalia GDP = 7.7 billion dollars = approximately £5 billion?

So in one year, somalians living in uk are sending 20% of the somalian GDP.... to Somalia?

http://www.diaspora-centre.org/DOCS/UK_Somali_Remittan.pdf

Try this. The truth is immigrants contribute little and send OUR money out of the country.
Most are just parasites.
Ever wondered why they work in car-washes, taxis, fast food etc?
Its cash only, no tax and no paperwork.
I am sick to my back teeth of ommigration, immigrants and the total disregard for the indigenous population.
People are not equal in my view and i am tired of being an easy touch.

But you said £1 billion which was a shameless lie to suit yor agenda.

I don't have pdf so can't read it. What figure does that page give?

http://www.migrationwatchuk.com/pressReleases/2-July-2009

To Pakistan from the UK in 2009. $500 million. This is known monies, its likely to be double.

Wake up and smell the coffee!!!!

Auf Weidersehn Pet

This is known monies, its likely to be double.

How much of it was your own?

£1 Billlion to Somalia, why lie?

Toop Toop 06 Feb 13:48
Never discussed in the media or by politicians.

it is not that important in the grand scheme of things.

Plenty of foreign money comes to the UK from expat havens such as Spain - it all evens out I am sure..

With respect that's the weakest argument i've EVER come accross.

it's not something i could really give a monkey's about but as numerical fact to argue that the "ex pat" income from the likes of spain is even remotely or minisculey on a par with the amounts going back to the indian sub continent is either fishing or some horribly deluded left winger who is arguing out of belief rather than facts?

Personally think tbey should be able to send back anything they want,if we allow them in it's only fair to give them the rights of any other citizen.I'm not saying i agree with our horribly flawed open door policy but stable doors and horses come sto mind.

so thats about 300 million quid to pakistan. Surely there are far more pakistanis in uk than somalis, so that figure of 1 billion is surely going to be way off. It is fair enough to make a point Englandaway, I'm pretty right wing myself,but you can't just go making up figures. Doesn't reflect well on you and turns the whole debate into a farce.

OK, it was a billion worldwide.
Was working from memory from an article 6 weeks ago.
The point is there are people from EVERY country in the world here sending out OUR money.
You guys cannot defend the indefensible.
You can whistle at me all you like, the totals are irrelevant, they are just massive amounts lost to our economy forever.

With respect that's the weakest argument i've EVER come accross.


There are english enclaves all over the world and plenty of money comes back here.

was making it up as you went along, more like. plus ca change.

As i said, thats £300 million known about. Migrationwatch think there are 200,000 illegals here from Pakistan alone!!!!
Their remittances are not measured.

i agree with bonviv. i don't agree with an open door policy, but you cant stop people sending money overseas. How much money do we as a nation spend overseas on holidays every year? that is money "lost" forever isn't it?

Toop. Are you saying ex-pats are claiming benefits in Spain/working illegally and sending the money back to Blighty? Don't think so.

I don't suppose it would be worth pointing out to EA the vast amount of foreign assets owned by British concerns bringing money into the country.

Veck, no.

The people I know over here are all professional types. They work and some of them run business on top. I don't know any British dole claiments over here. Spain was just an example, there are plenty of British expat enclaves worldwide and plenty of money comes back to Britain from then