Should migrant boats be allowed to dock?
A boat carrying 200 migrants asks to dock in your country.
- Take them in and examine every asylum claim
- Humanitarian reception, then EU-wide distribution and return of rejected applicants
- Rescue them, but refuse docking: accepting encourages smugglers
What's at stake: Rescue at sea is an obligation for all; the disagreement is about what comes next: welcoming every claim, or discouraging crossings.
The left's argument
The right to asylum is fundamental: no one is sent back before checking a life is at risk.
The centre's argument
Take them in first, then share them among EU countries and return rejected applicants.
The right's argument
Systematically taking people in encourages smugglers and dangerous sea crossings.
And you, where do you stand?
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