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).
Canada likely doesn’t have the same sort of problem because immigrants from other countries would either have to come in by plane or boat, or would have to enter the US first.
Same deal with Sweden, they don’t share a border with a country from which people are fleeing.
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).
Canada likely doesn’t have the same sort of problem because immigrants from other countries would either have to come in by plane or boat, or would have to enter the US first.
Same deal with Sweden, they don’t share a border with a country from which people are fleeing.