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Originally Posted by Dante Hicks
At present we encourage people to either try things like this, or to lie at every opportunity. So we have a wonderful system to filter out honesty, but I'm not sure that should be the goal in these cases.
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I agree.
The trouble is that the current system is in a downward spiral.
1) It's incredibly random and unpredictable. People lie to make their case seem extra-compelling to be "certain" of getting asylum. Incoming criminals lie anyway.
2) A scandal breaks, someone who should have been deported wasn't, or someone turns out to be a mass murderer. People slip through in lorries, or hijack transport through desperation.
3) The BNP and right-wing MPs babble on about the need to tighten up immigration and asylum, because everyone trying to get in is lying their ass off. The Sun and The Daily Mirror have a field day.
4) Go to step 1.