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Skriven 2011-07-18 13:21:11 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
  Kommentar till text 21027 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: Another Euro in jail
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18 Jul 11 18:07, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Robert Bashe:

 RB>> And Strauss-Kahn hardly has another option than to fly back to
 RB>> France, assuming he can't swim the Atlantic.

 MvdV> He could hire a private plane and fly to St Martin. That is a
 MvdV> little Island in the Caribian.  Or he could get there by boat.

The owner of a private plane will want to see his passport. The owner of a
boat will also want to see his passport. Without it, they are obligated by
US law to refuse passage.

 MvdV> Or... he could go to Mexico and go to the French embassy saying he
 MvdV> "lost" his passport.

He would have to show a passport (or a US passcard) to enter Mexico.

 RB>> Whatever the reason, without a passport he can't leave the country.

 MvdV> Yes, he can.

Nope. Maybe if he were able to swim he could. Cuba is only 90 miles from
the Florida keys.

 MV>>> But there are other ways to leave a country than by commercial air-
 MV>>> line. If DSK wants to leave the US, it would be hard to stop him.

 RB>> Although that would be taken as proof of guilt and "flight to avoid
 RB>> prosecution", as the term goes.

 MvdV> By the Americans, yes. But that would only matter if he plans to
 MvdV> return to the US.

No...extradition treaties with France would send him back.

 RB>> And it's a good question whether your statement is really true -
 RB>> people arriving from outside the EU, you and me, have to show
 RB>> identification to be admitted.

 MvdV> No decent country refuses entry to its own citizens. A passport is
 MvdV> in essence a request from the one government to another to "let
 MvdV> this law abiding citizen pass".

This isn't true either. If I wanted to re-enter the USA from Mexico
without the proper papers, I'd have to pay a visit to the American
Consulate in Mexico. They may or may not be able to help. Although
certainly they would investigate my background before helping me to cross
the border.

                R\%/itt


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