I know that in Sweden a lot of the people who claim to be children actually aren't. It's just an easier way to get permanent asylum so once they reach Sweden they will throw away their passports and say that they are 17. I've seen cases where it's laughable. Some of the people look like they could be in their late 20ies to early 30ies but there is no real way of discerning age so it's accepted at face value. My question is, does this happen everywhere or is it unique for Sweden?
It pisses me off because then the people who REALLY need the protection have no chance of getting it, which really is my problem with massive scale asylum seeking anyway. It's not the worst-off people who manage to get here. In the vast majority of cases it seems to be people who come from well-off families who aren't in real need of asylum. Another question, I've heard that for a fraction of the cost of one asylum seeker in Germany or Sweden, the red cross could help countless people in the actual area where they fled from. Wouldn't this be a more logical solution?
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I know that in Sweden a lot of the people who claim to be children actually aren't. It's just an easier way to get permanent asylum so once they reach Sweden they will throw away their passports and say that they are 17. I've seen cases where it's laughable. Some of the people look like they could be in their late 20ies to early 30ies but there is no real way of discerning age so it's accepted at face value. My question is, does this happen everywhere or is it unique for Sweden?
It pisses me off because then the people who REALLY need the protection have no chance of getting it, which really is my problem with massive scale asylum seeking anyway. It's not the worst-off people who manage to get here. In the vast majority of cases it seems to be people who come from well-off families who aren't in real need of asylum. Another question, I've heard that for a fraction of the cost of one asylum seeker in Germany or Sweden, the red cross could help countless people in the actual area where they fled from. Wouldn't this be a more logical solution?
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