Gurkha Vets Want Equal Rights

The UK government should give it to them. If someone fights for a country then they should be entitled to all of it's privileges. BBC

Hundreds of retired Gurkhas are demonstrating in Westminster to demand the right to remain in the UK and pension equality with British soldiers.

Gurkhas who retired after 1997 can automatically stay in the UK, but those who retired earlier must apply.

Fifty of the Nepalese soldiers handed their service medals to Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg in protest.

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At prime minister's question time in the Commons, Mr Clegg, holding up one of the medals handed back by one of the protesters, demanded all Gurkhas be given equal pay and pension rights as well as the right to live in the UK.

Addressing Mr Brown, he asked: "Can you explain to the Gurkhas why on earth you believe that Gurkhas who served in the Army after 1997 are worthy of British citizenship but those who served before that date should be deported?"

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"They fought on the front line very bravely in a long list of conflicts - they then retired from the Army and they are told they are not allowed to stay in this country.