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0 pointsmschuster913y ago0 comments

We have something like that with "golden visas/golden passports" already here in Europe. The result was a bunch of Russian oligarchs with Schengen freedom of movement [1].

[1] https://www.dw.com/en/eu-threatens-legal-action-over-maltas-...

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galangalalgol3y ago· 5 in thread

So maybe we don't want all the rich people? And we probably want some of the poor people. There is a shortage of all sorts of labor afterall.

The real issue is that there is no good way to verify the identity or non-criminal nature of any of the migrants. You can create a solid ID at the time of entry and start tracking there at least.

londons_explore3y ago

If you have strong diplomatic ties with the country the migrant came from, you can totally do identity/criminal background checks.

You can also do things like asking an existing citizen to sponsor an immigrant. If that immigrant commits a crime or doesn't pay their taxes, the sponsor is jointly liable.

> The real issue is that there is no good way to verify the identity or non-criminal nature of any of the migrants.

Just as there was no good way for Diogenes to verify which bones belonged to Alexander's father.

galangalalgol3y ago

I had to look up the reference. Are you saying it doesn't matter if some people entering a country are wanted for crimes? That seems like something we should check.

ClumsyPilot3y ago

Every country asks for your criminal record and does background checks before issueing visas. You are trying to reinvent a system that existed for decades

galangalalgol3y ago

I was thinking if the gp really wanted open borders you might not even require an ID but yeah requiring an ID is normal at any controlled border crossing. My understanding is that sometimes even between schengen states that id is checked.

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