Paul ZKTV wrote:its very simple FREE MOVEMENT = FREE MARKET
it won't take 2 years for such important issues. I won't be surprised if this particular issue that concerns current and new immigrants to or from the UK will be resolved within a few days.
DO YOU MEAN YOURSELF ??' ,as you are now a UK immigrant in cyprus - you cant treat a british OAP or a homeless syrian any different - both are people from outside the EU
and supbejct to proving they have enough income and can pay their own healthcare .
There is a vast difference between a homeless Syrian and a British OAP. It does not take too much intelligence to see the difference.
A homeless immigrant from Syria is unlikely to have an income at all, so that's him off the list before he even qualifies for consideration. Even if you ignore that qualification ..... the chances are, if he is young, as you seem to prefer them, he most likely has a family and those from the Arab world tend to have large families. So now you have a man with no income, no home, no capital but with maybe 3-4 children and a wife. They need housing, an income to support themselves, education for the children who are unlikely to speak the language and of course medical care.
That sounds like one hell of a drain on resources to me! Who is going to pay?
The British OAP has capital and a pension. He is old (65+), he has an OAP wife who shares his capital and has her own pension. They don't need anyone to provide a home as the chances are they will buy one ..... cash. As they don't have children no one needs education. They are self sufficient and all their income will come from abroad via another government. They spend their income into the local economy. They may not speak the language but really they only need that to get a job but they don't intend to work. They may also need some medical care as time goes on but, a reciprocal arrangement between the host government and the home government will take care of that. They may even have sufficient in capital and income that they can provide themselves with healthcare.
They are no burden on the state, contribute far more to the State than they are ever likely to take out of it ..... and won't disturb anyone as they just want to enjoy their declining years by enjoying the fruits of a lifetime of work, in the sun.
Now try being pragmatic ....... if you could take just one immigrant 'family', which one be the most lucrative? To me there is no contest because I would apply selective immigration and take the one that was best for the country.
