UN Charter on refugees.

[SirGalahad]

I asked about the meeting in Morocco, have the new resolutions been agreed, and put into place ?

I am talking about this, as it was in December 2018 & the way politics work, nothing will be done for several years, if ever.
https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/intergovernmental-conference-2018

It's been signed. Again

https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-the-un-migration-pact-and-why-do-some-oppose-it/a-46129568

The compact does not stipulate any mandatory number of migrants to be accepted by a country.

The guidelines also call for combating trafficking and the "integrated, secure and coordinated" management of borders.

The CDU also maintains that the compact enshrines national sovereignty in all border and security issues regarding migration, and makes a strict differentiation between legal and illegal migration.

It's more symbolic agreement and puts in place guidelines on how to tackle the problem collectively. The only furore are politicians playing politics objecting to it for their own aims.

 

[Ihavenojob]

World
What is the UN migration pact — and why do some oppose it?


The text of the agreement was finalized by UN member states on July 13, 2018, and is scheduled to be adopted at a December intergovernmental conference in Marrakesh, Morocco.
So where does it say who has signed up to it ?

 

[Doppleganger]

Refugees must seek asylum in their first country of entry.
Refugees must seek asylum in first EU country reached: court
Refugees seeking asylum in European countries must do so in the first country they reach, even in exceptional circumstances, the European Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday
https://www.thenational.ae/world/eu...um-in-first-eu-country-reached-court-1.614521

Vinty said:
According to the UN charter for refugees, a refugee is supposed to claim refugee status in the first safe country they come to.
If they don't they then lose the right to claim asylum.

Read more: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/...rs-seeking-asylum.515263/page-5#ixzz5bCJcf24g

Proven beyond a shadow of doubt to be an urban myth.

I'd already explained that the EU has a gentleman's agreement (which is not binding) to return refugees to the country in which they were first registered, with the specific agreement of the country concerned.
Now the EU can lay down a requirement for all refugees to register in the first country that they arrive, except there's a few problems
a) refugees probably won't be aware of that. and
b) refugees aren't EU citizens, so it does not apply until they are EU citizens, and
c) refugees can choose to recognise it or not, there is no UN requirement.

Quite obviously to everyone except you, if the refugees do not register in the first country, then they cannot be returned to that country.
And to dp's disgust, yes they are free to wander around hoping for the best deal.

Finally, if they arrive in the UK, the UK won't know if they've registered anywhere else until they process them for asylum or whatever. Therefore, much to the disgust of the right-wing extremists, they cannot be sent back immediately to anywhere, until they have been processed.

Now you can try to create as many strawman arguments as you like, but that is the situation.

The fact still remains, there is no international or UN requirement for refugees to register in the first country of destination. Urban myth 1 - totally dispelled!
The fact still remains that the EU ruling is a gentleman's agreement between countries and cannot be enforced, despite an article in a Middle Eastern newspaper. Urban myth 2 - totally dispelled!
From your source:
"The court has now ruled that Croatia must decide on whether their application will be accepted and they can stay there, rather than the other states making the decision."
The fact still remains that any country finding refugees heading their way cannot simply and immediately dispatch them to any other country. They must process them in due course and within the legal process. Right-wing frenzied reaction - totally destroyed.
I shan't bother dispelling the towing, harpooning, or shooting idea.

 

[Doppleganger]

Finally:
In three months time the UK will not be able to invoke the EU gentleman's agreement of returning refugees to their first country of destination, and will not have access to the ECJ for a court ruling.

It is also highly probable that the UK will not have access to the EU database of refugees having registered first in other countries.
"What is EURODAC?
The EURODAC Regulation establishes an EU asylum fingerprint database. When someone applies for asylum, no matter where they are in the EU"
So the option of returning them to another country will not be available.

Thanks to the Brexiteers, the UK will have to accept all refugees arriving on the shores of the UK, and processing them as "the first country of arrival".