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Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution."
by Bouncingsoul1 6y ago
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution."
- LunaSea 6y agoThey do have a right to "seek" they don't have a right to live in the country in question.
- liaukovv 6y agoDo they get to pick and choose where to flee? This is way too broad to be useful
- blub 6y agoThe critical point is that people are traversing several countries or seas to apply for asylum in the EU. This is obviously not following the spirit of the applicable laws which were designed for avoiding humanitarian tragedies in neighboring countries. Many aren't even persecuted, just poor, lacking education and desperate.