Rich countries are paying poorer ones to manage their refugee crises: 3 reasons this is dangerous

By Ali Bhagat, Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University
Genevieve LeBaron, Professor, School of Public Policy, Simon Fraser University

In recent years, western nations have been sending asylum seekers who arrive at their borders to other countries. This is a practice known as offshoring. The UK has become the recent poster country of this practice.

The UK, whose plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was later scrapped after domestic and international opposition, has continually manufactured a perceived asylum…

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