Very good
But surely that was an effective argument for foreign aid
Nope! 
It is a great argument for free trade though... help them make their own countries wealthier (which reduces the birth rate)....
It certainly isn't an argument for borrowing ten billion quid and sending it overseas to meet an arbitrary 0.7% GDP target in the knowledge that the vast majority of it will never reach those in need....
Well that's what I thought your view was and don't expect me to defend foreign aid as it currently is. What I was referring to is his last words in the video:
"The only place these people can be helped is where they live. Let's help them there."Dunno about free trade, it's also an effective way of exporting our jobs overseas and causing UK misery. I'd certainly only extend free trade to countries that met at least minimum human rights standards (Pakistan, China etc go sort yourselves out). Other than disaster relief, imho we should focus foreign aid on education, information and as Baldy says contraception programmes.
BTW the guy starts the video saying that
"some people say immigration is a great way to reduce world poverty" I've never heard anyone say that, must be an American thing
