Please note that you must be in the territory of Sweden, or at a port of entry (an airport, land border crossing check point or seaport) before you can apply for asylum in Sweden.
That being the case, I guess I’m curious as to why this seems to be the international norm, and why countries seem to shy away in general from the idea that you are proposing (or perhaps I’m mistaken and there are countries which have already adopted your idea - in which case I’d be even more curious to see how it’s been going for them).
A lot of the problems with immigration stem from the fact that asylum seekers can’t apply for asylum until they’re present on US soil.
If we made it so they could apply locally through their embassy or (GASP!) online(!) then they could just come here legally.
This is a self imposed problem on our part.
Not denying that there are problems, but this particular rule isn’t unique to the US.
See Canada, https://www.unhcr.ca/in-canada/seeking-asylum-in-canada/
And Sweden, https://help.unhcr.org/sweden/asylum/
That being the case, I guess I’m curious as to why this seems to be the international norm, and why countries seem to shy away in general from the idea that you are proposing (or perhaps I’m mistaken and there are countries which have already adopted your idea - in which case I’d be even more curious to see how it’s been going for them).
A vast majority need to do this because the governments where they are from will literally shoot them if they stay.
B-b-buh-based.