International law says we have to take every one of these guys, eh?

Nope. Just that you have to give him due process to establish whether he meets the definition of a refugee. If he doesn't, you can expel him immediately. If he does, you can confine him to a refugee camp or send him to whatever other country will take him. You don't have to let him move freely throughout the country - you just can't send him back into the threat of torture or death that he's fled from.

Every country has to deal with people who commit crimes. Whether they're native-born or refugees, in any sufficiently large group of people you will end up with some proportion of them that will commit crimes. The fact that some members of a group will commit crimes doesn't really justify depriving the entire group (again, native-born or refugees) a minimal level of basic human rights, due process, and protection from death or torture.

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