(08-26-2018 09:42 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  This is a common occurrence at Ceuta and Mellila. I guess that since they're not white South Africans, they shouldn't be allowed to apply for asylum.

And here's the issue. Countries have laws allowing for asylum requests to be processed. There's no way to access due process for a migrant unless they are on the soil of Europe or the USA/Canada. You can't apply in your home country, because the decision will not be made by a real judge, you have no appeals process, and you have no due process rights. In the USA, as well as in Ceuta, the authorities simply prevent people from even applying for asylum by closing off access to the border.

If they reach Spain, they get usually placed in a humane camp (unlike the inhumane camps where Trump houses kids) and have a hearing as to the merits of their case (unlike in the USA, where a special immigration judges never believes any cases of asylum for example and even interrogates 3 year olds with no legal representation on an asylum claim).