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Wouldn't it be possible to leave Damascus with $35k though?

• bryanlarsen 2y ago
  They'll have forfeited the right to refugee status anywhere else and would have to migrate as an economic migrant. Which generally takes either six figures or decades, AFAICT.
  • modeless 2y ago
    Who enforces that? Is there an international registry of refugees?
    • Arnt 2y ago
      Your passport, which contains stamps that form a record. And there is a European database too.
      • rdtsc 2y ago
        My acquaintance managed to sneak in multiple times, “losing” their passport if caught, then pretending not to understand fingerprinting instructions and smudging them on purpose until the police gave up. With face biometrics probably won’t work today. Just saying that a stamp in a passport is necessary a full proof solution.
      • petre 2y ago
        Right. They throw away their documents, so EU countries have to document and fingerprint them again and also keep a database, preferably a shared one. Otherwise they just conveniently move from one country to another as there are close to no border checks in the Schengen area. Probably why Germany has reintroduced "temporary" border checks after the Solingen stabbing attack. Sweeden still has checks in place at the bridge to Denmark.
  • __m 2y ago
    On what ground? If they come back from a country at war they can’t legally send them back (by EU law)
• throwawayffffas 2y ago
  If you are in Sweden you have already left Damascus