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Old Apr 23, 2013 | 12:48 pm
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crescatfloreat
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Yeah. This disturbs me a bit. Seems like countries/societies should from a legal point of view make their mind up on whether they want these people, whether they want to give them asylum or help, or not, and then follow that line independently of the location of the person in question.
Discrimination by location is well alive! I remember having an argument with a Canadian actually, who was very much convinced that Canada (legally) knew no discrimination, and I cheekily pointed out that Canadian citizenship itself (having it, not having it) was an immediate form of discrimination that came to my mind. Almost anything can be pushed ad absurdum if you try to argue it without remembering its original raison d'etre...
But I digress...

Al

Originally Posted by YVR Cockroach
Not unlike the U.S. policy on Cuban refugees. They're safe and granted asylum (by law) once they reach U.S. soil but otherwise the USCG sends them home if intercepted at sea.
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