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Why Should Foreign Sports Personnel Be Allowed To Claim Asylum?
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If they are popular enough to be picked for their National Teams, what possible danger could they face in their own country?
If they are popular enough to be picked for their National Teams, what possible danger could they face in their own country?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Might depend how successful they were. Andres Escobar, the Colombian footballer was killed on his return from the 1994 World Cup, allegedly for scoring an own goal leading to his country's elimination. The North Korean football team were rumoured to have been publicly humiliated and their coach sent to work on a building site after their perceived failure at the World Cup (allegations refuted by the non-corrupt FIFA body).
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Accusing *Commonwealth* countries of persecution is, surely, a serious matter?
If the nature of the persecution is inconsistent with UK law (persecution of homosexuals occurs in both Muslim and Christian countries, for example) then surely suspending that country from future events, as a prelude to ejection from the Commonwealth would be an appropriate course of action? At least that removes the sporting pretext for the next batch, in four years' time.
Accusing *Commonwealth* countries of persecution is, surely, a serious matter?
If the nature of the persecution is inconsistent with UK law (persecution of homosexuals occurs in both Muslim and Christian countries, for example) then surely suspending that country from future events, as a prelude to ejection from the Commonwealth would be an appropriate course of action? At least that removes the sporting pretext for the next batch, in four years' time.
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The North Korean's had the answer to this problem. The entire families of their Olympic Team , Mothers, Fathers , children,grandchildren, grandparents were locked up in jail and told they would be executed as traitors if the athletes failed to return home after the games!
This was 2012 after most of the team claimed asylum after the 2008 games!
This was 2012 after most of the team claimed asylum after the 2008 games!
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