Do refugees and asylum seekers belong as citizens????

Question

Alll opinions and view are welcome!!!! and if you can give a reason for your answer

Answer 1

First: there is a difference between an asylum seeker and a refugee.
Strictly speaking a refugee is a convention refugee, which means he/she has proved their case to the authorities and has been recognised as a person needing protection under the Geneva Convention for Refugees, to which the UK is a signatory.
Such people are not citizens of the country of refuge but have full protection from that country. Some countries relax conditions for obtaining citizenship for convention refugees.
Asylum seekers are people who have applied for refugee status, but whose case has not yet been decided by the authorities of the country of asylum. They are to be provided with food, accommodation and medical care. If an asylum seeker has his or her case rejected, the person is normally given a date to leave the country and assistance to do this. If such people go 'underground', they then become 'illegal immigrants' and have no rights whatsoever.

Answer 2

Depends on the reason and extensive background checks of course but if you have seen the footage of the honor killing of the young woman (maybe 16) in Northern Iraq and can not make a very good argument for asylum seekers under certain situations then I do not know what will convince you.

We make exceptions for certain situations and that is how it should be, justice should be tendered with mercy when the situation calls for it. We can not however take in the world, we must draw the line somewhere - there are people right here in the US who need as much help as some of those who apply from other countries.

Answer 3

Those granted asylum, who have been accepted as refugees, remain citizens of their home countries (actually many are stateless). However, if they eventually get Indefinite Leave to Remain, one year later they can apply for UK citizenship. This is a rule that applies to all foreign residents with ILR, not just refugees.

In a broader sense, though, asylum-seekers as well as refugees are legally resident, and have the rights to a normal life like anyone else, although they are not allowed to work and have all sorts of other restrictions placed on them. Even though asylum-seekers may have entered irregularly ("illegally"), having claimed asylum they are given Temporary Admission pending a decision on their fate. Even if their claims are refused, they remain legally present with the right to live unmolested unless and until removal directions are issued by Immigration.

Finally, with my old hippy hat on, I would claim that we are all citizens of planet Earth, we all have basic human rights, in which I would include the right to live where we choose to make the best of our lives (doesn't mean a right for anyone to live on benefits!).

Answer 4

There are clear rules regarding asylum seekers. They are not citizens and do not enjoy the same rights as one.

This is a wealthy country which has not been afraid to exploit large parts of the world for it's own benefit. We should welcome those in real need of asylum and in due course, afford them all the rights enjoyed by the rest of the population

Turtrousers- Ever thought of packing your shopping yourself?

Answer 5

Not if they're after a free ride instead of providing for themselves, this country does give them the opportunity, but very few choose to take advantage of this. So as far as I'm concerned, 90% of them NO. Unfortunately those after the free ride, let down those truly seeking asylum, help & support.

Answer 6

Well it depends on the circumstances, but if they enter the country they should recieve a temporary visa or work permt then apply for permanent residency. After 5 years of being a permanent resident they are allowed to apply for citizenship.

Answer 7

Refugees and asylees are specifc legal categories.
Yes, they belong as citizens after they apply for permanent residency and then later, citizenship.

Because the law says so.

Answer 8

No they don't and if they knew how much the majority, I said the majority hate them ,they would not dare come. We are getting absolutely fed up to the back teeth of the government telling us we must not say a word against them . Well, I have got two words for them :Sod off.

Answer 9

Of course they do. They're just like us. I love refugees and asylum seekers. They enrich us immensely, darling. They are just- and the way they don't speak English and take jobs- wonderful.
I would hug one if they chose to wear Ted Baker originals.

I just don't want them living anywhere near me and I hope only to ever speak to the as they pack my Somerfields bags.

Brixton? Bradford? Never heard of those villages darling- they near Bloomsbury? Bishop's Gate?

Merci, I am the merde du bourgeois.

Answer 10

That depends on their individual situation, whether they're legally here or not and exactly what they're running away from. And of course whether they can contribute positively towards our society as a whole.