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>>>No, they are people fleeing violence in Central America through Mexico, in large part. If you are passing through one country because you desire to get to a
by CapricornNoble 7y ago
>>>No, they are people fleeing violence in Central America through Mexico, in large part.
If you are passing through one country because you desire to get to a specific destination, you are basically asylum shopping.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum_shopping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum_shopping
- dragonwriter 7y agoOr, you know, the country you are passing through presents (for overlapping, though not identical reasons) reasons the same dangers that you are escaping from, so it's not any kind of escape.
- CapricornNoble 7y agoMy very cursory understanding of the international legal agreements on this subject don't seem to take that into account. In other words: that problem does not create a legal obligation on the US's part to accommodate them, nor does it put a legal obligation on Mexico or any other intermediate state to facilitate their transfer.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> My very cursory understanding of the international legal agreements on this subject don't seem to take that into account. Even nativist politicians making incorrect claims about the law here tend to claim it requires efforts to seek asylum in the first safe country, which even if true would, in fact, fully take into account the problem of an intervening country that shared the same problem being fled from in the country of nationality or habitual residence. See, e.g., referring to this claim: https://fullfact.org/immigration/refugees-first-safe-country/ https://fullfact.org/immigration/refugees-first-safe-country...