Posted by bronxcheer on 8/19/2019 2:44:00 AM (view original):
So we can only take Cubans, Mexicans, Canadians, and Pacific Islanders?
lol.
I'm not a lawyer (thank God) but I think the argument is parallel to the Dublin Regulation for the EU. To prevent asylum seekers from shopping around, they are required to apply for asylum in the first country they step foot into. The Swiss (although they are not members) are probably the ones who came up with this, being safely landlocked and "protected" from African and Middle Eastern population movements.
I believe, and again I am not a lawyer, that by not requesting refugee status in the first country, the person's actions fall under the definition for economic migration, which is not a protected class under the 1951 protocol.
8/19/2019 7:23 AM (edited)