Canada to share embassies with Great Britain

[derspiess]

Nordic countries have been doing this for years. It was the danish embassy that offered me evacuation from china in june 1989, Iceland only had one embassy in asia (japan) at the time.

But seriously... if you are going to show up for G7 meetings you really really are going to have an independent consular system.

If this is a consular ship then where is the ambassador?

[derspiess]

Does this mean I have to apply to the UK embassy for the paperwork if I wanted to haul ass to Canada?

I'll go ahead and pack your things.

[CountDeMoney]

Does this mean I have to apply to the UK embassy for the paperwork if I wanted to haul ass to Canada?

I'll go ahead and pack your things.

Fuck if I'm going to stick around for the draft.  Have fun in Vietnam.

[Zanza]

There is a shared Nordic embassy in Berlin for Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland. Nice architecture too.

[Barrister]

Does this mean I have to apply to the UK embassy for the paperwork if I wanted to haul ass to Canada?

I'll go ahead and pack your things.

Fuck if I'm going to stick around for the draft.  Have fun in Vietnam.

Things have changed.  We now deport war refusers back to the US.

[Viking]

There is a shared Nordic embassy in Berlin for Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland. Nice architecture too.

That is different. They have all the different embassies in the one building. But there are five ambassadors in the building. I have a norwegian passport now, but when I'm in a country without a norwegian embassy I can go to any of the other nordic embassies and be treated as if I were a citizen; that is what I mean by consular union.

[Eddie Teach]

Things have changed.  We now deport war refusers back to the US.

We got rid of the draft. 

[Barrister]

There is a shared Nordic embassy in Berlin for Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland. Nice architecture too.

That is different. They have all the different embassies in the one building. But there are five ambassadors in the building. I have a norwegian passport now, but when I'm in a country without a norwegian embassy I can go to any of the other nordic embassies and be treated as if I were a citizen; that is what I mean by consular union.

It's not all that different.  There will be Canadian consular staff (don't know about a full ambassador) - they will just work out of space in the British embassy.  And vice versa.

[Barrister]

Things have changed.  We now deport war refusers back to the US.

We got rid of the draft. 

And that probably explains why we now deport war refusers.

They signed up for the military. They knew what they were getting into. I say, let 'em crash.

[dps]

Things have changed.  We now deport war refusers back to the US.

We got rid of the draft. 

Not the NFL draft.  Though I don't expect that CdM has to worry about getting taken in that one.

[viper37]

Generally speaking you have to make it to the actual country in order to seek refugee status.  So if you want to seek asylum in Canada, your brit would have to fly to Canada.

you can seek asylum at any embassy or military ship, no?

[Viking]

Generally speaking you have to make it to the actual country in order to seek refugee status.  So if you want to seek asylum in Canada, your brit would have to fly to Canada.

you can seek asylum at any embassy or military ship.

can and can.... Norway refuses all requests for asylum made at embassies and doesn't let non-nato furriners anywhere near her military ships

[Barrister]

Generally speaking you have to make it to the actual country in order to seek refugee status.  So if you want to seek asylum in Canada, your brit would have to fly to Canada.

you can seek asylum at any embassy or military ship, no?

For Canada, no.

You are required to claim refugee status when you first enter the country.  That's because we don't want to have the "Julian Assange stuck in the embassy" problem in part, but also because of the "first safe country" rule - you're supposed to claim refugee status in the first "safe" country you enter, and not pick and choose.

[dps]

Generally speaking you have to make it to the actual country in order to seek refugee status.  So if you want to seek asylum in Canada, your brit would have to fly to Canada.

you can seek asylum at any embassy or military ship, no?

You can request asylum anywhere you happen to be.  But if you're sitting in a jail cell in LA, asking the jailer for asylum in Bangladesh isn't going to do a lick of good.  :

[Valmy]

You're all ignoring the fact that this makes Canada a slave to England!

it does sends that message.  I'm not sure Canada will be seen in a good light in some former colonies, where the Union Jack will be flying high beside the maple leaf.

Any former colonies they should be particular concerned about?