Asylum is about refuge, not right of residence
Really?
I don't know about Holland, but here in Ireland it is a fact that more than 90% of all asylum applications are rejected as unfounded on first application.
Yes, there are higher rates of acceptance on appeal or when 'leave to remain' is granted.
When applicants are refused, their presence in the state is illegal, so of course they form the bulk of illegal residency in Ireland as our track record on deportations is abysmally low.
My main point remains: asylum is not designed to provide a better life for someone it is to provide refuge from state persecution.
Even then it is a temporary refuge until the conditions which caused the person to flee in the first place change and there is no longer a threat.
When granted asylum, their status, in theory, should be reviewed annually to determine whether they still require protection under the Geneva conventions and, if not, their status should be revoked and they should be returned to their country of origin.
Asylum is being abused as a method of 'back door' immigration by people seeking a better life.
If there are Christian churches in some Gulf states, as Mr McGovern said, they were certainly not in the states I worked in (Saudi, Qatar, Dubai and Bahrain).
When working in Qatar, the only time I was able to attend mass was when a priest flew in once a month to celebrate it in someone's home. If we were caught, it would have been jail for the lot of us.
However, my point on the Arab world is that they strongly defend their culture and strictly control immigration, so why shouldn't we?
Mr McGovern lives in Holland, which has seen more than it's fair share of troubles through a misguided policy of trying to create a multicultural society.
All societies can absorb a certain level of immigration. Ireland is a perfect example, having absorbed several invaders, but it requires centuries to achieve, and even Ireland has lost along the way, most notably the day-to-day use of its own language.
Richard Ashton
Island View
Malahide
Co Dublin.
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