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What I find odd.... Is a Co/Pilot of a 767 once he got to Rome (or any other city his airline goes to in a 767, or Jump seat in Company Plane to anywhere on there network) , could just leave, and Jump Seat on any plane going to Switzerland.
Italy has extradition agreements with Ethiopia and most other african nations, Switzerland does not, mainly because it is land locked. The only real way to get asylum is to land there via airplane. The co-pilot knew what he was doing. Italy, France and Spain has many asylum seekers arriving by boat from Northern Africa. If he had landed in Milan, Italy could get him back from Switzerland then Ethiopia can get him back from Italy. That's why he couldn't simply just go from Italy to Switzerland and have a chance at asylum. Since Switzerland and Ethiopia have no extradition agreement and he orignated in Ethiopia. he stays in Switzerland. Pretty brilliant plan. When he's 50 he will be able to enjoy Swiss citizenship.
Italy has extradition agreements with Ethiopia and most other african nations, Switzerland does not, mainly because it is land locked. The only real way to get asylum is to land there via airplane. The co-pilot knew what he was doing. Italy, France and Spain has many asylum seekers arriving by boat from Northern Africa. If he had landed in Milan, Italy could get him back from Switzerland then Ethiopia can get him back from Italy. That's why he couldn't simply just go from Italy to Switzerland and have a chance at asylum. Since Switzerland and Ethiopia have no extradition agreement and he orignated in Ethiopia. he stays in Switzerland. Pretty brilliant plan. When he's 50 he will be able to enjoy Swiss citizenship.
Although he could spending several years in a Swiss prison for the crime of hijacking a plane.
Italy has extradition agreements with Ethiopia and most other african nations, Switzerland does not, mainly because it is land locked. The only real way to get asylum is to land there via airplane. The co-pilot knew what he was doing. Italy, France and Spain has many asylum seekers arriving by boat from Northern Africa. If he had landed in Milan, Italy could get him back from Switzerland then Ethiopia can get him back from Italy. That's why he couldn't simply just go from Italy to Switzerland and have a chance at asylum. Since Switzerland and Ethiopia have no extradition agreement and he orignated in Ethiopia. he stays in Switzerland. Pretty brilliant plan. When he's 50 he will be able to enjoy Swiss citizenship.
Thanks for the explanation. I still have got to believe that there is a better way to seek asylum than to hijack an airplane. Sounds like what you are saying is that if he entered Switzerland legally, he couldn't seek asylum? If so, it is pretty dumb for a country to have such a policy that would encourage breaking the law.
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