Thread: Unstoppable migration?
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Old 28-05-2018, 15:18   #2110
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Re: Unstoppable migration?
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy View Post
Rizzy is right, it's all about us rather than them

From the horses mouth




https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-your-aid.html

There's three reasons we give aid

1. To increase British soft-power by creating an impression of a generous state willing to help poorer nations.

2. To directly benefit British companies, aid-workers and other professionals who are the main recipients of the government & private sector funds allocated as aid.

3. To further indirectly benefit British industry by using aid as leverage to get trade concessions, mining rights etc. from desperate countries looking for immediate financial help. For instance if British aid money pays for a hospital you will probably find a caveat saying Britain has to provide all the equipment in it, thus cutting out the competition forever
A pretty cynical approach, isn't it, considering this should actually be about relieving absolute poverty and improving lives?

I think that 0.7% could be much better spent.
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