Overseas Aid - another view

The news of cuts at local and national Government level has sparked a flurry of comments on my Twitter and Facebook timelines, mostly along the lines that if we are making so many cuts here, why the hell are we sending money abroad?

On the face of it, there appears to be no logic. Old people suffering, kids being brought up in homes that can only look up to the poverty line, it does seem stupid to help those in need elsewhere.

However, most of these people also support closing our borders.

International Aid is a fraction of Government spending. If that Aid can be used to make conditions better in a person's own country, then surely that negates the need for that person to up sticks and move to the UK.

Which would cost the UK taxpayer more, wouldn't it?

Food for thought...