Re:How Far Is Europe Swinging to the Right?
by vidarh on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @01:31PM
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They only need to. But it makes little point for them to settle for that if they are able to get further.
The point is not that we should encourage them to go on, but that dismissing those who go on as not really refugees fail to acknowledge human nature.
If you've taken crazy risks to flee, it makes no sense to stop at the very first point where you're no longer at immediate risk of death if you e.g. believe you have a better chance to be allowed to stay in a different country, or if you believe you have better chances at a normal life if you go on. Whether or not those beliefs are right.
I did not suggest we should "just accept everyone". Just that the idea that continuing on is an indication of whether or not someone is genuinely a refugee is flawed.
The point is not that we should encourage them to go on, but that dismissing those who go on as not really refugees fail to acknowledge human nature.
If you've taken crazy risks to flee, it makes no sense to stop at the very first point where you're no longer at immediate risk of death if you e.g. believe you have a better chance to be allowed to stay in a different country, or if you believe you have better chances at a normal life if you go on. Whether or not those beliefs are right.
I did not suggest we should "just accept everyone". Just that the idea that continuing on is an indication of whether or not someone is genuinely a refugee is flawed.