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Oh. Guess we can get a meniscus effect with immigrants.

Well it's not as though it's unprecedented. No doubt G4S will be closing the gap with regard the manpower shortfall;

Originally Posted by Telegraph

In 2002, the west African country of Sierra Leone sent a 30-strong team to the Commonwealth Games in Manchester but 20 had disappeared by the end.

Originally Posted by Ninja_Stoker

Well it's not as though it's unprecedented. No doubt G4S will be closing the gap with regard the manpower shortfall;

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If there any good, they could end up with a British passport and run for GB remember Zola Bub anyone?

Come on down Moses, we have plenty spare room in our green and pleasant land and oodles of spare cash to hand out to you.

If we could fast track his application he could run for us next week. We might even win a track medal.

Wondeerful to see that some people are still unable to overcome their xenophobic prejudices and distinguish between asylum seekers and immigrants (legal or otherwise).

Originally Posted by sgtpepperband

Wondeerful to see that some people are still unable to overcome their xenophobic prejudices and distinguish between asylum seekers and immigrants (legal or otherwise).

So what was the fast tracked to a British passport, Zola Bud in 1984, asylum seeker, immigrant or just bloody fast and GB fancied a medal Los Angeles Olympic Games

Originally Posted by Sumo

So what was the fast tracked to a British passport, Zola Bud in 1984, asylum seeker, immigrant or just bloody fast and GB fancied a medal Los Angeles Olympic Games

If you're going to use her as an (irrelevant) reference, at least get her name right. It's Zola Budd.

Anyway, she never claimed asylum in the UK. Surprisingly it was that bastion of immigration, The Daily Mail, that persuaded Budd to apply for British citizenship on the grounds that her grandfather was British in order to circumvent the international sporting boycott of South Africa and race for Team GB. Ironic, innit?

This tactic has been used in British sport for years; in fact a number of members of our international squads were not born in the UK but are eligible for passports through maternal/paternal family conections. A significant number of Team GB were not born here, but I bet you and others will be cheering them on in the Finals and perhaps joining them as they collect their medals on the podium as the Union flag is being hoisted in the stadium..?