Disgrace of our country's slavery.This Government has spent billions to fight a war in Iraq ostensibly os·ten·si·ble adj. Represented or appearing as such; ostensive: His ostensible purpose was charity, but his real goal was popularity. to free a people subject to atrocities by the Saddam regime, yet at home we have 19 people drowned at Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay, shallow inlet of the Irish Sea, 16 mi (26 km) long and 10 mi (16.1 km) wide, separating Furness peninsula from the mainland, NW England. It receives the Kent and Lune rivers. Shrimp are caught there, and its extensive tidal flats are cockling grounds. , who, in a so-called free country, were being exploited as slaves by ruthless gangs. Whether these people were illegal immigrants or asylum seekers is not the point. These people were subject to a reign of terror by unscrupulous people traffickers and gang-masters for mainly illegal profits. It would take just a small percentage of the billions being spent in Iraq to build up the custom and excise and immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. services instead of running these services down. This way they will have the staff and resources to do more to curb this seemingly growing problem. Slavery was abolished in this country a long time ago, but this Government is allowing it to flourish, as this Government claims to have humanitarian aims. It should stop sitting on its hands and been seen to care. J LANDELLS, Killingworth. |
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