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Dispute over Malta's cold shoulder for refugees | Europe | DW.DE | 14.07.2013
I agree. Asylum is a right, not a privilege... if it were truly that. Refugees, once the thing that they run away from is gone, should return back to their country. Not stay in the country that provided them asylum. They are very temporary guests, not permanent visitors.
If these people ran from the civil war that broke out in Libya, well, it's over. For better or worse, order has been restored and the people decided that they would want to live under sharia law. So the refugees should be returned to Libya.
Running away from bad economic situation is not a reason to grant people asylum.
So by all means, all the refugees that ran from countries which are now stable should be returned immidiatly and new asylum seekers should be just those who are from countries where there is civil war or similar unrest.
The Mediterranean island nation of Malta is the first destination for many refugees. Malta has been criticized by the EU for its efforts to keep the refugees out, but the rest of the EU may be part of the problem.
Recently, authorities in Malta were planning on sending a group of African refugees straight back to their country of departure, Libya, as soon as they arrived in Malta without checking for any possible asylum claims. Only a last-minute decision from the European Court of Human Rights prevented them from doing so.
The Maltese government was warned by the court that they were in violation of EU and international law if they denied refugees on Maltese soil the possibility of an asylum application. The court was also clear that preventing refugees from being sent back immediately did not mean they had a right to stay.
'Asylum is a right, not a privilege'
Read the rest from the link.Despite arguments of people like Hirsch, the situation remains difficult in Malta. The Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat bows to the will of the court, but has also spoken of a "national interest" to put a stop to the flood of refugees.
I agree. Asylum is a right, not a privilege... if it were truly that. Refugees, once the thing that they run away from is gone, should return back to their country. Not stay in the country that provided them asylum. They are very temporary guests, not permanent visitors.
If these people ran from the civil war that broke out in Libya, well, it's over. For better or worse, order has been restored and the people decided that they would want to live under sharia law. So the refugees should be returned to Libya.
Running away from bad economic situation is not a reason to grant people asylum.
So by all means, all the refugees that ran from countries which are now stable should be returned immidiatly and new asylum seekers should be just those who are from countries where there is civil war or similar unrest.