well, technically....'their penchant for lying and thieving' - evidence: they're human. Case closed.
'if they 'lose' their passports, they can't be deported' - evidence: not true in and of itself, but part of something which is actually true. If an immigrant claims to be from somewhere with an appauling human rights regeime, and the authorities can't prove that they're actually from somewhere else, they cannot be deported. Bit of a hard one - obviously, we wouldn't want to send anyone back somewhere where they'd be instantly horribled to death, but it's an easy one to abuse, and people have clocked onto this fact.
('if they 'lose' their passports, they can't be deported' - evidence: not true in and of itself, but part of something which is actually true. If an immigrant claims to be from somewhere with an appauling human rights regeime, and the authorities can't prove that they're actually from somewhere else, they cannot be deported. Bit of a hard one - obviously, we wouldn't want to send anyone back somewhere where they'd be instantly horribled to death, but it's an easy one to abuse, and people have clocked onto this fact.
Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too,
Mon 26 Oct 2009, 22:47,
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Would lack of local knowledgeand the wrong accent not make it very hard to lie about where you come from, though?
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monkeon schmonkeon,
Tue 27 Oct 2009, 14:19,
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from what I gather, nobut I don't work in that area. My limited familiarity with the subject comes only from knowing somebody who works with the people who deal with this kind of thing.
However, I don't suppose that the immigration services keep an expert on every conceivable country on the books, just on the offchance that someone might claim to be from there. I would imagine they'd count themselves fairly fortunate if they could find a translator...
(However, I don't suppose that the immigration services keep an expert on every conceivable country on the books, just on the offchance that someone might claim to be from there. I would imagine they'd count themselves fairly fortunate if they could find a translator...
Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too,
Wed 28 Oct 2009, 1:53,
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