Thread: Gurkha veterans seek equal rights
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Old 19-03-2008, 18:04   #46
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Re: Gurkha veterans seek equal rights
OK then. It would appear that they have no legal right of residence and the only arguments for granting such a right seem to be;

(a) they fight in the British army and have died/won many battle honors in various conflicts

(b) A rather more spurious argument that we let everyone else in (presumably less deserving) so why not let the Ghurkas in?

Neither arguments have very much validity since being a crown employee or servant does not convey citizenship or a right to live and work here.


Also the many other people who come here as referred to in (b) above are presumably here perfectly legally since they are members of the enlarged EU,are students,are close relatives of people already given leave to live here or are refugees.

My own personal feeling is that I would happily grant leave to reside here to Ghurkas and their IMMEDIATE familes i.e wife and children only and at the same time,I would cancel or severely curtail the applications for leave to reside here by those collectively in group B above.
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