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Originally Posted by BenMcr
As I posted this earlier, yes and yes - international law allows refugees to claim asylum in any country they choose.
However, international treaties and laws can then be used to return those refugees to a previous country to process the claim - that is what the Dublin Regulation is in the EU and the option we no longer have since we left the EU.
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How many did we send back using the Dublin regulation, my guess is not many
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Originally Posted by Carth
hmm . . . so why are migrants spending so much money and risking their lives on boats instead of tickets for a ferry crossing?
More so given we can't send them back, there must be something more to it . . .  |
You have to wonder how many times they'd risked their lives just getting that far
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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
Surely while part of the EU they could claim asylum on the mainland, get citizenship and then come here anyway so either way we couldn't stop them.
We do have to be mindful that some have left dreadful situations and genuinely need asylum. What is harder to accept is that far too many want to get to the UK. If they are fleeing from something then nearly anywhere safe should be OK, if they are fleeing to something it's slightly different. The threat could be as real but the goal a bit different.
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Far to many, is it three or four percent of all those making it into Europe that head for Britain