failed asylum seeker kills himself after being deported

[AlfredJPruffock]

Refugee Blues

Say this city has ten million souls,
Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes:
Yet there's no place for us, my dear, yet there's no place for us.

Once we had a country and we thought it fair,
Look in the atlas and you'll find it there:
We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now.


In the village churchyard there grows an old yew,
Every spring it blossoms anew:
Old passports can't do that, my dear, old passports can't do that.

The consul banged the table and said,
"If you've got no passport you're officially dead":
But we are still alive, my dear, but we are still alive.


Came to a public meeting; the speaker got up and said;
"If we let them in, they will steal our daily bread":
He was talking of you and me, my dear, he was talking of you and me.


Thought I heard the thunder rumbling in the sky;
It was Hitler over Europe, saying, "They must die":
O we were in his mind, my dear, O we were in his mind.



Walked through a wood, saw the birds in the trees;
They had no politicians and sang at their ease:
They weren't the human race, my dear, they weren't the human race.


Stood on a great plain in the falling snow;
Ten thousand soldiers marched to and fro:
Looking for you and me, my dear, looking for you and me.


WH Auden

[lambrini_socialist]

Refugee Blues

Say this city has ten million souls,
Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes:
Yet there's no place for us, my dear, yet there's no place for us.

Once we had a country and we thought it fair,
Look in the atlas and you'll find it there:
We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now.


In the village churchyard there grows an old yew,
Every spring it blossoms anew:
Old passports can't do that, my dear, old passports can't do that.

The consul banged the table and said,
"If you've got no passport you're officially dead":
But we are still alive, my dear, but we are still alive.


Came to a public meeting; the speaker got up and said;
"If we let them in, they will steal our daily bread":
He was talking of you and me, my dear, he was talking of you and me.


Thought I heard the thunder rumbling in the sky;
It was Hitler over Europe, saying, "They must die":
O we were in his mind, my dear, O we were in his mind.



Walked through a wood, saw the birds in the trees;
They had no politicians and sang at their ease:
They weren't the human race, my dear, they weren't the human race.


Stood on a great plain in the falling snow;
Ten thousand soldiers marched to and fro:
Looking for you and me, my dear, looking for you and me.


WH Auden

[DimPrawn]

If you lefties are so concerned about fairness, why don't you give all your worldy belonging and savings to charity?

Only "fair"

[AlfredJPruffock]

If you lefties are so concerned about fairness, why don't you give all your worldy belonging and savings to charity?

Only "fair"

Whatever make you think Im a 'leftie' Old Beam ?

I did work for a Food Aid program before - but Im not 'left-wing'

What could I give to charity ?

I dont have a car - I do have a bike but thats my only means of transport.
I have two pairs of shoes -perhaps that is excessive.

Oh I do have a house- but I do live there and so does my Mother.

I guess my acoustic guitar - but that would leave me feeling a bit low.

That leaves me with about 800 quid credit card debts and about 700 quid I owe to my mates.

[BrilloPad]

Whatever make you think Im a 'leftie' Old Beam ?

I did work for a Food Aid program before - but Im not 'left-wing'

What could I give to charity ?

I dont have a car - I do have a bike but thats my only means of transport.
I have two pairs of shoes -perhaps that is excessive.

Oh I do have a house- but I do live there and so does my Mother.

I guess my guitar - but that would leave me feeling a bit low.

You could donate your mother.....

[DimPrawn]

You could donate your mother.....

Or your kidney.

[ace00]

I have nothing against immigration and probably would agree to free movement but you simply cannot put a case for it unless you have a World government.
In the real World, I am pro-immigration, but anti-illegal immigration and the asylum system does not function correctly.

[Mich the Tester]

Whatever make you think Im a 'leftie' Old Beam ?

I did work for a Food Aid program before - but Im not 'left-wing'

I'm not a leftie either, but as soon as you try to argue against the anti-immigration brigade, they call you a lefty. I think it's a kind of 'nouveau PC'. Say anything you like, but don't stand up for immigrants.

[minestrone]

People should only be allowed in the country if they have something to add. You can come in if you are poor but you must have potential.

Sorry, but I don’t want to share my country with 20 million people from the third world who have bugger all money and the mental ability of a grasshopper.

[BrilloPad]

Or your kidney.

Are you allowed to sell a kidney now? I will volunteer my ex : she has had a kidney transplant but about time she paid her way.