Romanian Gypsies Return to Ireland!

[trt]

I suppose we will be paying for their flights back and I have to ask the Question WHY?

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090805/tuk-race- attack-romanians-return-to-uk-6323e80.html

[pinktwink]

thank god they havent ventured down south!!!!!

[trt]

I forgot to add, they will all be given accommodation, free NHS and benefits for not contributing anything to the Country like we have done, that's why they are back.

Gordan Brown, get a grip!!!!!

[fredpuli47]

Strange, if not surprising. Can't see why we paid their air fares when they left. The rest of the story fits in with current practice.
Mind, liberal that I may be, I fail to see why we give 'travellers' (or Roma or, colloquially and incorrectly, 'gypsies' ) who were born here any special treatment.If they choose to wander the country, why are taxpayers expected to provide them with sites to suit their chosen lifestyle (or culture, if you will)? Is it simply a recognition of their choice or is it, perchance,cynically and bizarrely, calculated as being a cheaper option than other ones?

[fredpuli47]

Incidentally, are these people Roma or Romanians ? There is a difference, unless they happen to be Roma who have come here as Romanian citizens. Romania is part of the EU so Romanians have some, if not all, rights (i.e. there may be some EU countries with restrictions on their imigration) of other EU citizens who are here.

[tamborine]

maybe they feel more 'at home' there?

[Gromit]

They were driven out because they were Catholics, and the so called loyalists like nothing better than a bit of sectarian bullying.

They made the excuse that the Romanians were stealing their jobs. That would indicate that they were contributing to the country rather than getting free NHS and benefits.

[another-view]

Give it another week or so and they'll be gone again. The British people have had enough.

[trt]

Yes, another-view,

And we will probably pay their air fares again.