If an expat has a business and it goes belly-up, then they can walk away, go back home or to another country.

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One was able to go visit her boyfriend in another country, when she had previously been stuck in bed.

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"I don't think the only alternative is that they go overseas or to another part of the country, " he said.

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The first is to go home or leave for another EU country.

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Two years after Saltley Gate, Ted Heath was forced by another miners' strike to go to the country and ask electors who ruled Britain.

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For there is another, more unnerving example of a country that has preferred to go its own way: Argentina.

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With a more accurate picture of whether dud loans to one country or industry should go hand-in-hand with dud loans to another, banks should be able to spread their lending risks more wisely.

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Another, though, is the fact that the country has a long way to go in terms of energy efficiency.

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