Human Rights - everyone has the right to life. For a public discourse to develop in favour of pressurising individuals to go before they are ready would involve continuous and systemic breaches of human rights legislation at all levels. The UN exists to monitor prevent such abuse by states.
Try to replace "life" in this case with "asylum if their country of origin is unwilling or unable to protect them against persecution."
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The arguments are very similar on both sides of the coin. Stay alive, face abuse and indignity and not have the choice to go. Or have the choice to go and potentially be forced into taking that option sooner rather than later.
I don't think that my wish to make the choice to go when I am ready should criminalise someone else. But whether I stay or go, there is always the potential for wrongdoing.
How common do you think it would be for people to make such a choice? As pointed out elsewhere people can choose to refuse medical intervention. Choosing to cut short a prolonged period of pain and ill health is just one step on from that. Ad astra per aspera
