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It's not against the law to seek asylum in Europe. I think bringing up the idea of rule-following to people who are in dire straits is dismissive of their pligh
by vore 5y ago
It's not against the law to seek asylum in Europe. I think bringing up the idea of rule-following to people who are in dire straits is dismissive of their plight.
- RobertRoberts 5y agoIsn't this the crux of the matter? If you pass through hundreds of miles of safe land to get to a 4th or 5th country, don't you think that should automatically disqualify you for asylum?
- vore 5y agoA lot of these migrants are traveling via sea from the coast of Africa to European countries, no? The article posits that the EU is funding the Libyan government to intercept these boats and put them in offshore detention -- what safe land did they pass through? Would you consider Libya a safe country for their ultimate asylum if they're being detained in these horrific conditions?
- 988747 5y agoHow about those who buy plane tickets from Iraq to Belarus and then try to go through Polish border to get to EU? Also, which country in North Africa is currently not safe to be? I'm not aware of any war currently happening in Lybia, Tunisia, Egypt?
- martin8412 5y agoThey're not Lybians escaping Lybia.. They're Subsaharan Africans trying to get to Europe because they don't like where they were born, which is understandable, but is not grounds for asylum. The reason the EU asks the Lybian coast guard to intercept is because German NGO ships are patrolling just outside the maritime borders waiting to ferry people to whatever unlucky Southern European country is forced to accept them.
- RobertRoberts 5y agoWalking to another country is _way_ safer then crossing the water in an unsafe boat.
- marchingtomars 5y agoPlights are a part of nature. Not everyone is going to live the life of a billionaire. Few can.
- 0xbadc0de5 5y agoGranted. But there are accepted rules surrounding "first country". It seems to me that if you are crossing 2 or more borders, you are no longer a refugee seeking asylum. You are more likely an economic migrant. In the case of mass migration to Europe, the vast majority would appear to fit the definition of migrants rather than refugees.