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That is the whole point. According to what one reads, asylum, if asked for, must be requested in the first safe country of arrival.
IF this is the case, but I am not sure if it is, then one would ask why so many asylum seekers can actually get away with asking for asylum in the first place and joining an expensive waiting queue that could take months or years, and that obliges the asylum seeker NOT to work in that period!
In other words, if it is evident that a person seeking asylum has just come from a safe country, then in theory, if the law is as I believe to have interpreted it (above), the border agency should not even start the asylum-seeking process, and so-by save our Country a lot of money, but should rather enable the asylum seeker to return home to mummy and help out on dad's farm!
If, however, they are victims of some form of persecution that might be cause for asylum, then they should seek asylum in the first safe country!
I read the other day in the Daily Express that in Britain some 60,000 asylum seekers have disappeared in Britain, and that UKBA hasn't a clue where they are!
I would add that Jordan has taken on hundreds of thousands of refugees fron Iraq, about half of them Iraqi Christians, and Jordan is the first safe country. May-be western countries could do more to help Jordan financially cope with thesde refugees, who do seem to be victims of some form or another of terror, even though this terror is not imposed by the Iraqi government, but by extremist or terror groups.
I don't want to leave the topic of the thread here, but when I see the picture of Blair's face at the inquest on the Iraq war ... never mind!
I don't know if he is even bothered with the tragedy of so many people fleeing Iraq during the last six years.
But this last line is important, because we should be aware that there are many people who rightfully seek asylum in another country, such as Jordan, as is the case of those fleeing Iraq. And that many others are not victims of persecution but want to find work and earn some money, possibly a ninimum wage that is ten times higher than in their own country.