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Old 02-05-2007, 19:28   #21
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Re: Beggers

It may well be the case that some of these women are not entitled to any benefits. I once looked after a lady whose husband was murdered in Pakistan. She fled the country with a small child and another on the way. She only had distant family in this country and although allowed to stay here, she was not entitled to anything. This lady did not beg, she was cared for by the community she lived in. She stayed in somebody's empty house, had no furniture and just the clothes she came here with. She did housework in return for food but despite her poverty would not entertain the idea of going back to Pakistan as she was frightened for her life.

I often wonder what became of her.
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