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Originally Posted by alferret
... But we are a country bursting at the seams with only a limited amount of funds........
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Britain is one of the richest countries in the world, with one of the slowest growing populations. As Homealone said, we have a moral obligation to help our neighbours on this planet, especially those from poor, overcrowded countries.
After all, we have caused (and continue to cause) many of the problems that people in these countries face.
If you want to put it into perspective, calculate the cost of keeping this family in Britain as a proportion of the cost of keeping Northern Rock afloat. Or the cost of Gordon Brown's trip to China (where he had dinner with Richard Branson
).