On 13/07/2015 13:51, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , Adrian
wrote:

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:24:04 +0100, Brian-Gaff wrote:

Why don't they ak the un to police the first country of entry rules for
them

If you're going to police "first country of entry", you need to have
some way to spread the load across all the EU once people are accepted.

Presumably you mean, once they are accepted as genuine refugees? I
thought that once this had happened, they could go anywhere in the EU.
So they would do the redistribution themselves.

Not so. Once granted refugee status, they are foreign nationals within
the country that granted them asylum. They are not EU citizens and do
not have the right of free movement within the EU.

If they want to move to another country, inside or outside the EU, they
have to apply separately for residency of that country, without the
benefit of being able to claim refugee status. That is why they try to
reach a specific country before applying for asylum.

Oddly enough, many of those trying to get across the Channel would do
better under the French provisions for refugees than they would under
the UK rules. Only those with families would be better off in the UK.
However, language is a significant driving factor; a lot of those trying
to get to Britain are from Eritrea, where English is widely spoken.
Perhaps we should fund French lessons in Eritrea.

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Colin Bignell