Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jul 12
th, 2012 at 9:57am:
Why not choose where they go? They are desperate and need to find a new country. Why not choose which one? Its not like many of them overall choose australia either.
SOB
Turkey. Azerbaijan. Turkmenistan.
Signed the Refugee Convention. Tick.
Majority Muslim. Tick.
Walkable. No need for airfares nd to pay smugglers. Tick.
Egypt. Tajikistan. Kyrgisistan. Kazakhstan.
Signed the Refugee Convention. Tick.
Majority Muslim. Tick.
Cheap, short flights. No need for intercontinental airfares and to pay smugglers. Tick.
So why don't they go to these places, on their door steps?
They could have asylum in any one of these countries, all good and faithful signatories to the all-important Refugee Convention.
Because they are not refugees. They are migrants. And who wants to migrate to these places?i