shrimpnsave wrote:Phil Anderer wrote:I read this idea in a daily paper a couple of weeks ago, and it does have merit in my opinion. It does require countries to sign up to it, and some (such as Hungary and Macedonia, for example) are unlikely to, but the idea is that countries jointly appoint a single arbitrator, such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to consider all applications for asylum, and then assign a country for them to go to if they get asylum. This would stop people from preselecting where they want to go to, and potentially remove most economic migrants trying to use asylum as an excuse for migration. Genuine asylum seekers would still get asylum, but they couldn't choose what country they go to. I'll await the arguments against, and consider them as they arrive - I'm always willing to listen to the other side, unlike some...
Maybe but economic migrants have worked it out already they dump any Identification and have a better chance to claim asylum????
Yes, but, if they can't guarantee where they'll end up, for example Greece, China (at the moment. although they'd hardly sign up), Russia (ditto), Serbia, Albania, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, etc., the incentive for the economic migrant is massively reduced, since they can't guarantee getting to the country they want. The idea is, providing sufficient countries sign up, it becomes a lottery as to whether you reach a growing, western, first world economy. If you are a genuine asylum seeker, you don't care, as long as you get away from where you are in danger or being persecuted. If you're fleeing Daesh (read about it, it's less complementary, without, as far as I'm aware, being outright insulting, than Isis or Islamic State) controlled Syria/Iraq, and you're gay, they're not going to send you somewhere like Nigeria, but you might still end up in a second world economy like Brazil, which is currently having major economic issues, but is relatively safe for LGBT individuals. Genuine asylum seekers will still leave, but economic migrants will likely have second thoughts.