[lbo-talk] On the dangers of faux statehood

[Wendy Lyon]

Actually, the first thing they usually consider is whether the person
is likely to adhere to the conditions of their visa, including leaving
before it expires. Palestinians are going to have trouble on that
front whether they hold a Palestinian passport or a Swedish travel
document. If it does come down to deportation, neither document would
really make a difference, the person is still a Palestinian with
Swedish residence and again neither country is going to interfere with
a third country's decision to deport them.


> On 26 Jul 2015, at 02:32, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 4:48 AM, Wendy Lyon <wendy.lyon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Any drama is usually the responsibility of the traveller to deal with. Just
>> because a country has given someone a travel document (or a passport, for
>> that matter) doesn't mean they're going to interfere with another country's
>> decision to refuse the person entry. It may happen in particularly
>> exceptional cases, but not as a general rule.
>
> I was thinking more about deportation. That's typically what Western
> governments keep in mind when considering visa applicants from impoverished
> war zone sorts of places. "If we let this person in, how easily can we
> hypothetically get rid of them?"
>
> Am I badly mistaken in thinking that booting out someone with a Swedish
> travel document could go much more smoothly (and certainly no less) than a
> holder of a Palestinian passport?