Comments by "Nigel Johnson" (@nigeljohnson9820) on "European Court of Justice rules Hungary acted illegally against migrants" video.

  1. A refugee should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach,. Difficult to see how those who reach Polsnd or Hungary have not already passed through a safe country first. That makes them economic migrants, and not refugees. If they then enter, they do so illegally. The same argument can be applied to those in France trying to cross to the UK. The implications is that France is not a safe country, nor are any of the European countries they must have passed through to reach the French coast. For those who are not true refugees, there is a visa system for those wishing to enter a country. Any attempt to enter illegally is likely to result in arrest, and imprisonment, followed by deportation. The EU must now consider the distinction between refugee and economic migrant, as the latter entering a country illegally are subject to arrest, imprisonment and deportation. It is the normal conversion, that economic migrants wishing to enter legally, must first apply for a visa, BEFORE, entering the host country. Does this argument mean the both Poland and Hungary were acting within their rights under international law?
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