homeless world cup scandal...oh the irony

less than 2 week after the G8 summit made its pledges to tackle poverty...headed up by a commited Tony Blair...the UK has denied temporary visas to several african football (soccer) teams to play in the homeless world cup..on the basis

THAT THEY ARE TOO POOR TO PAY THIER WAY

they home office who issues the visas were worried that the competitors will not return to their countries of origin after the event

the nations affected

Kenya
Burundi
Zambia
Nigeria
Cameroon

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=99176&cat=World

i read it, but i dont get it...they were denied visas because they're poor?

most nigerian and cameroon players play in the top leagues in the world and earn up to 80 grand a week

Basically... God that is insane. Real cheap of the UK. Real cheap.

Originally posted by PVS
i read it, but i dont get it...they were denied visas because they're poor?

exactly...the UK government...that wishes to help African nations and combat poverty...deny visas to the homeless world cup teams because it believes they are to poor to pay their way while in Edinburgh (where the tournament is being held)

they also believe (and has actually happened before) that the athletes from those countries wont return home after the tournament finishes

what i dont understand is that all the players involved from all the countries involved are homeless...meaning that none of them are exactly well off and most likely none of which will be able to "pay their way" while in Edinburgh

hell...i cant even afford to pay my way in Edinburgh cause it's that bloody expensive

You would think the organisation pays for it all... Or the country's where they come from...

Where the heck does it say it was because they can't pay their way?

It is because they do not meet basic immigration criteria. Surely you are not suggesting that the law should be broken for their benefit?

Originally posted by Ushgarak
Where the heck does it say it was because they can't pay their way?

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk/news/news.php?article=9564

http://www.news24.com/News24/Sport/Soccer/0,,2-9-840_1739936,00.html

http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-16/0507181392195727.htm

happy now?

Originally posted by jaden101
less than 2 week after the G8 summit made its pledges to tackle poverty...headed up by a commited Tony Blair...the UK has denied temporary visas to several african football (soccer) teams to play in the homeless world cup..on the basis

THAT THEY ARE TOO POOR TO PAY THIER WAY

they home office who issues the visas were worried that the competitors will not return to their countries of origin after the event

the nations affected

Kenya
Burundi
Zambia
Nigeria
Cameroon

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=99176&cat=World

where did i say he was responsible for it?...thats right...i didn't...i just said that Tony Blair and by affiliation...his government...are supposed to be commited to helping Africa...

i know its not them personally...its the legal situation...but it does seem to smack of the old syndrome that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing

Fair enough, now justify why you mentioned him at all...

You've gotta remember that governments have more than one objective, and that actual political events from 2 weeks ago will take ages to actually implement into changes in the way the country is run.

now justify why you mentioned him at all...

lets see...he is what is commonly known by his ministers as "the boss"

one of his "staff" is the foreign secretary...who happens to be the person in charge of the office that grants the visas for the players

part 2

Britain pledged its commitment to ending poverty in Africa

Britain refuses entry to teams from Africa on the basis that they are too poor...(see the link back to the poverty issue)

not to mention the fact (as i mentioned earlier) that ALL the players are homeless...which by definition means that they are all poor

so why say that the Africans are too poor and not teams from elsewhere

lets also look at a seperate point... football is something that is a great morale boost for many people...i would say that allowing the African teams to compete would bring some small amount of happiness to a few people from those countries...that alone seems like a good enough reason to let them play

i even know how we can fund it...we can keep the money we are going to pay to an islamic extremist to come and tell the metropolitan police how suicide bombing is a good thing and that we deserve it and brought it on ourselves...thats £9000 of the tax payers money well spent

I seriously can't be bothered to explain what's wrong with your last paragraph, I'm tired.

But basically, it's some random joe sitting at his desk who declined the request - I doubt he read too much into it, and was just acting in accordance with laws. As I said, the rules won't have been changed at all since Blair's G8 events and what not... this is something trivial that people are making too big a deal over 😛

this is something trivial that people are making too big a deal over

im sure it is...i mean...who gives a **** about some homeless Africans right?...well apparently not the foreign office...and apparently not you

Originally posted by dave123
I seriously can't be bothered to explain what's wrong with your last paragraph, I'm tired.

whats wrong with it?...cause if you didnt know it...the metropolitan police are spending the tax payer money in this exact way

Send them a months wages, or some money you have saved away. I'm sure they'll be able to put that toward some kind of housing or food...

Or don't you give that much of a shit?

Originally posted by jaden101
whats wrong with it?...cause if you didnt know it...the metropolitan police are spending the tax payer money in this exact way

Originally posted by dave123
Send them a months wages, or some money you have saved away. I'm sure they'll be able to put that toward some kind of housing or food...

Or don't you give that much of a shit?

actually i do that anyway...so yes...i do give that much of a shit

i also give money to the homeless as well...so thats the homeless and the Africans...and so i do give a shit about homeless africans....

I demand proof that all your earnings for a month have ever gone to someone else.

Plus, the time it'd take, the competition would have ended anyway

you're probably right...it started the other day....COME ON YE SCOTLAND
😄 😆

regardless...here is a link for anyone who wants to follow the tournament

http://www.streetsoccer.org/en/home/