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> If not done officially, but everyone knows that by being a political activist you can get foreign citizenship, you have just motivated people to fight! No, I
by ardy42 6y ago
> If not done officially, but everyone knows that by being a political activist you can get foreign citizenship, you have just motivated people to fight!
No, I think you'd end up motivating more to flee: a lot of people won't fight unless their backs' are against the wall.
You'd also probably end up stabilizing a bunch of nasty regimes by giving them someplace to dump their dissidents without inviting much backlash.
- toxik 6y agoPolitical asylum is a very common cause for immigration though, so isn’t this already the case?
- kelnos 6y agoI think people view political asylum as a last resort, though, and it's generally not all that easy to get, at least in the "more desirable" countries.
- luckylion 6y agoIt's certainly not trivially easy, but it's also not that hard, and even if you get denied, you will generally be allowed to stay unless you're from a small set of countries. Deportation is rare in Europe.