Whole family off to Syria.

[francypants 445]

Well as long as they stay there and don't come back obviously.

 

 

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[RickyM 10]

Hopefully they wont come back and they all live happily in the desert together.

[buddysbuddy 12]

Generations of a whole family are reported to have moved to the caliphate. Bye bye. Don't let the door hit your bum on the way out.

 

 

is anyone interested in contributing to a fund to pay for one way tickets for this sort of person? definitely no returns and passport and citizenship papers surrendered on the way out!!

[L00b 441]

is anyone interested in contributing to a fund to pay for one way tickets for this sort of person?

Errr...not really: why should I pay for them, when they can obviously pay for it themselves and contribute at least VAT to the UK coffers before exiting the country?

 

For those that don't have the money, I pay enough tax already for MI5 and the Border Agency to take care of business at their budgetary expense.

 

I will however entertain a petition to confiscate any and all UK assets left behind (tangibles and intangibles: property, cars, shares, pensions, etc.) and dispose of them for helping to fund anti-terror efforts (or simply the UK's balance sheet). But only after the departed are proven beyond any doubt to have gone there, though, and as the outcome of a judicial system and decision independent of the executive, in the name of due process and balance.

 

Seized or withdrawn/withheld passports of the departed could also be bundled into some form of 'fast-track lottery' benefitting genuine asylum seekers, e.g. in a proportion of 2 or 3 for 1 (for every 2 or 3 UK passport holders gone to IS, grant leave to remain fast-track to 1 asylum seeker...so he or she can start making a better life for themselves and in the process contribute to the UK socio-economic development earlier).

Edited July 2, 2015 by L00b

[milquetoast1 10]

Errr...not really: why should I pay for them, when they can obviously pay for it themselves and contribute at least VAT to the UK coffers before exiting the country?

 

No VAT on flights unfortunately.

 

I will however entertain a petition to confiscate any and all UK assets left behind (tangibles and intangibles: property, cars, shares, pensions, etc.) for helping to fund anti-terror efforts (or simply the UK's balance sheet). But only after the departed are proven beyond any doubt to have gone there, though, and as the outcome of a judicial system and decision independent of the executive, in the name of due process and balance.

 

Sensible idea.

[L00b 441]

No VAT on flights unfortunately.

Ah well...goes to show how long it's been since I booked my own flights Blame my ignorance on Mrs L00b and my secretary

Sensible idea.

Thank you kindly. I do have my moments, and have even been known to be of some use Edited July 2, 2015 by L00b

[Olive 10]

What I'm wondering is where are all these people staying when they get there? Is there some kind of hostel system? Are they just turning up at the border and asking for free board and lodgings? What do ISIS gain by having a load of old folks and little kids to support?

[L00b 441]

What I'm wondering is where are all these people staying when they get there? Is there some kind of hostel system? Are they just turning up at the border and asking for free board and lodgings? What do ISIS gain by having a load of old folks and little kids to support?

Considering IS' methods of religious cleansing and, generally, of population control and administration, there is no shortage of vacant properties in reasonably good repair and associated land to toil in IS-held territories.

[truman 10]

What I'm wondering is where are all these people staying when they get there? Is there some kind of hostel system? Are they just turning up at the border and asking for free board and lodgings? What do ISIS gain by having a load of old folks and little kids to support?

 

I suppose if you have someone's kids you have a certain amount of leverage over them..

[eckby 10]

What I'm wondering is where are all these people staying when they get there? Is there some kind of hostel system? Are they just turning up at the border and asking for free board and lodgings? What do ISIS gain by having a load of old folks and little kids to support?

 

Offering asylum to their fellow Muslims doesn't need to be for personal gain, and it will secure them a place in paradise.

[Harleyman 12]

What I'm wondering is where are all these people staying when they get there? Is there some kind of hostel system? Are they just turning up at the border and asking for free board and lodgings? What do ISIS gain by having a load of old folks and little kids to support?

 

You can get a family of four quite easily into a captured Humvee. Just think of it as the ISIS equivalent of a Winnebago camper

[Olive 10]

Accommodation sorted then! How are they sustaining themselves do you reckon?