IMMIGRATION v REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
31 December 2004
The recent Tsunami tragedy has exposed the futility of immigration as a means of helping refugees, although one EU bureaucrat has tried to justify some Tsunami refugees being brought into the EU.
It has been estimated that the annual cost of one so-called asylum seeker is £20,000. The real cost, once the impact on public services is taken into account, is certainly much higher.
By comparison, £5 will provide 100 litres of purified water to a refugee family. £12 will vaccinate a child for life against six killer diseases. £15 will buy a hot meal for 125 people in an emergency feeding centre. £25 buys plastic shelter and food parcels for 2 families for 2 weeks. £30 buys enough water purification tablets to give 320 children a litre each. £59 buys tarpaulin shelters for 10 families. £100 buys a tent for one refugee family, or food parcels to feed 60 families for one month. £250 provides emergency food and shelter for 100 people.
That £20,000 would go a long way if it was used to help genuine refugees rather than help fund organised crime rackets to smuggle so-called asylum seekers (ie illegal immigrants) into the UK.
The recent Tsunami tragedy has exposed the futility of immigration as a means of helping refugees, although one EU bureaucrat has tried to justify some Tsunami refugees being brought into the EU.
It has been estimated that the annual cost of one so-called asylum seeker is £20,000. The real cost, once the impact on public services is taken into account, is certainly much higher.
By comparison, £5 will provide 100 litres of purified water to a refugee family. £12 will vaccinate a child for life against six killer diseases. £15 will buy a hot meal for 125 people in an emergency feeding centre. £25 buys plastic shelter and food parcels for 2 families for 2 weeks. £30 buys enough water purification tablets to give 320 children a litre each. £59 buys tarpaulin shelters for 10 families. £100 buys a tent for one refugee family, or food parcels to feed 60 families for one month. £250 provides emergency food and shelter for 100 people.
That £20,000 would go a long way if it was used to help genuine refugees rather than help fund organised crime rackets to smuggle so-called asylum seekers (ie illegal immigrants) into the UK.
posted by erc @ 4:46 pm
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