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Originally Posted by Taf
Rambling all over the middle east and europe, then turning up at the border of country you fancy, for whatever the reason, and claiming asylum is not adhering to the rules. So countries in that position are starting to reject asylum claims if you arrive from a "safe" country.
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Therein lies the biggest problem. The powers that be have effectively sent out the clear message that you can choose where you claim asylum and demand where you want to go. This was an exceptionally bad idea since vast numbers of economic migrants (and others with far more dangerous intent) in poor countries all around the world are now willing to take the chance that if they travel to Europe they have a very good chance of being let in and thereafter being free to 'disappear'. We can have great sympathy on an individual level for many of these people but what we can't do is take in everyone who'd like to live here because they're poor. Rather than have a clear and robust Europe wide policy which would have at least maintained some control of economic and illegal migration what we've done is
It's highly ironic that at a time of great terrorist threat, the EU, which seems intent on controlling just about everything we do in one way or another, was unable/unwilling to control something as fundamental as its border controls and is still tinkering around the edges with a box of sticking plasters. Frankly it beggars belief.
As a consequence of this abject failure we now have around the EU all sorts of problems ranging from the rise of extreme political parties to serious disputes between neighbouring countries and growing, increasingly widespread, social unrest. Yet despite all of this going on before our very own eyes, there are still those who say let them come, there should be no limits. The longer this goes on, the more serious the situation becomes and the less able we will be to stem the flow. There will be a point at which the damage being done will be irreversible and if/when that happens the consequences for our way of life will be serious.
I notice the new Austrian law:
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lets the government declare a "state of emergency" over the migrant crisis and reject most asylum-seekers, including those from war-torn countries such as Syria.
It also limits any successful asylum claim to three years.
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But in practice how will that be achieved? Where are the 'rejects' going to go? Also, I'd have thought those whose asylum claims have been granted are hardly likely to sit around for 3 years in Austria waiting to be sent home to the life they fled...