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  The original 1951 convention was initially limited to protecting European refugees from before 1 January 1951, a finite problem.
  
  The 1967 protocol removed the time limits and applied to refugees "without any geographic limitation" and has become a sort of round robin, signed by 146 states, many of which the refugees are actually fleeing from, and most of whom take little if any notice of it.
  
  I believe that Japan last year had about 5000 applications and accepted 17.
  
  We now have 65.3 million people worldwide displaced from their homes by conflict and persecution ALL of whom would fulfill the criteria to be granted Asylum if they managed to get to the UK!
  
  Fortunately few of the poor bastards have any hope of getting here but it is rank hypocrisy to pretend we would grant them all refugee status if they did.
  
  The Convention and Protocols are no longer fit for purpose.
  
  Surely it would be better to refuse the few rather than giving false hope to countless millions who wish to come to Europe? Or do we continue to view the crossing of continents and seas as some sort of Hunger Games where any survivors will be granted a council house in Middlesborough as the ultimate prize?

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