A DECORATED Falklands hero who suffered horrific injuries at Bluff Cove has been banned from Britain.
Foreign Office officials fear Gurkha Cpl Gyenendra Rai, 51, will try to stay here if he is granted a visitor's visa for NHS treatment.
So what if he does? What about the hundreds of thousands that come here every year who have contributed nothing to Britain? Why are they allowed to stay?
The ex-machine gunner is in constant pain after his back was ripped open by a shell.
He wants to come to Britain because he cannot afford the necessary medication at home in Nepal.
Despite 14 years' service in the armed forces, officials have told Cpl Rai he has insufficient links to the UK to get a visa, preventing him joining events to mark the 25th anniversary of victory in the Falklands.
The father of five, who needed a skin and muscle graft from another soldier to plug his gaping wound, was awarded the South Atlantic Medal after being injured on June 11, 1982.
All he wants is medical treatment. If he wants to stay here after who cares? He has done a lot more for this country than any other foreigner. I don’t think he will want to stay though – with his family being in a totally different country.
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