Such claimants would then be diverted to a new process that critics say weakens the basic rights of asylum seekers. Ultimately it just degrades them.”“This is what centrist governments in Europe have tried, and it’s a losing game,” said Macklin. “When they find themselves confronted by xenophobic appeals to anger and the creation of moral panic over refugees, they have a choice. It was enough to allow people to say, ‘Oh my God, it doubled!’ and portray it as a crisis. But she is troubled by what she sees as a disconnect in the pitting of asylum-seekers here versus refugees there.

Source: thestar May 19, 2019 10:52 UTC