Am I being racist?

[buffdaddy]

Parvinder will become the next spinner for the diabolical english cricket team.

he will be the Full Monty!

[GreenerGrass]

Parvinder will become the next spinner for the diabolical english cricket team.
he will be the Full Monty!

I think the point Troll is making is not about attacking a little boy but asking why is Parvinder here in the first place?
Why are so many people from the Indian subcontinent still coming over who cannot speak English and have no specific skills and qualifications required for the benefit of the economy?
Pakistan/India/Bangladesh are not part of the EU, do not as far as I'm aware torture political prisoners (so no "human rights abuse" asylum reason).
They are not at war, or facing any grave natural humanitarian disasters.

Poverty may be a problem, although this is not a reason to allow immigration, and the governments of Pakistan and India still have enough money to develop nuclear weapons.

[meridian]

The article goes on to say that he was placed with foster parents after his parents are thought to have brought him to the UK in June then left him at a Sikh temple in London.

Are there child welfare agencies in India? If not, then it would seem pretty heartless to simply put a 12 year old on a plane back to the streets of Mumbai.

Immigration services should be trying to locate the parents - they must have had some sort of visa to get in - but in the meantime he surely has to be treated like a human child rather than a dog?

[NotAllThere]

There is little, if any, economic benefit. But that doesn't mean there isn't a good reason for him to be in the UK.

NotAllThere

[DimPrawn]

You lot are soft as tulipe.

Send him down the salt mines until his parents claim him, and then send them there too.

[Francko]

Ignoring the headline situation...what is the economic benefit to the UK of letting in :

a 12 year old immigrant
someone who speaks little English
& needs foster careers

& it sounds like there are a few of them...

What is the economic benefit to the UK of keeping a 12 year old chav and his chav parents in unemployment benefits? Perhaps you should sort out your internal problems first. Now how many unemployed people and how many refugees are there? And yes the fact that you are pointing to a much smaller problem for the UK society than what is an internal one just because a foreigner is involved is a bit of a proof of racism.

[NotAllThere]

I guess you're not a fan of the SVP either.

NotAllThere (basel)

[daviejones]

We may as well let anyone and everyone in...oh, we do already!!!!!

[ChimpMaster]

What is the economic benefit to the UK of keeping a 12 year old chav and his chav parents in unemployment benefits? Perhaps you should sort out your internal problems first.......

Actually well said Francko. I am disgusted by the way this country operates its welfare system.

At least immigrants are keen to work - to earn money and to better their lives -- and to pay their way. Of course I despise those immigrants that fit in nicely with our own chav groups and simply live off the system - but that's more the government's fault than their own. Lazy bar stewards.

[sasguru]

What is the economic benefit to the UK of keeping a 12 year old chav and his chav parents in unemployment benefits? Perhaps you should sort out your internal problems first. Now how many unemployed people and how many refugees are there? And yes the fact that you are pointing to a much smaller problem for the UK society than what is an internal one just because a foreigner is involved is a bit of a proof of racism.

Actually Francko is right (for once ). Scapegoating minorities is a good way of not facing the truth - which is that the bloated welfare system needs a good trim. Perhaps that might also have the effect of making the UK unattractive to all but the most motivated migrants?