All Things Not Islamaphobia/Terrorism/open borders/Anything French

[Benton]

(12-07-2015, 08:18 PM)mallorian69 Wrote: I don't know what Syrian birth certificates look like but the ones issued here in the states have nothing that can positively identify that the person presenting it is the same as the name on the certificate. No photo, fingerprint, or other identifying markers except maybe race (which would do no good since they are all Arabic). I can get a copy of anyone's bc here in the states as long as I know their name, place of birth, and date of birth as long as that person's records haven't been sealed by court order. I could then use that to try to claim I am someone I am not. If it can be done here it sure as hell can be done in a place like Syria.

Many of these people have no social media footprint, medical records, or employement history to cross check. And if they did how would you check anything besides social media? You gonna call up their Dr. in Syria and ask about their medical history? How bout their former boss, think he's going to give anything up, assuming you can even get in contact, or if he is even alive?

The fact is for the vast majority of these people there is no way to 100% verify that they are who they claim to be. Their passports, ID's and birth certificates can and have been forged and with no credible way to verify those documents you have to go on faith that they are who they say they are.

That's largely assumptions.

No social media footprint? No medical care? Come on. These people weren't living in huts out in the marshes. As their complaints have been publicized, that's largely what the refugees have griped about, that their temporary conditions aren't what they had in Syria with WiFi, cable, access to healthcare, etc.

Tracking down someone isn't that hard, here or abroad. Databases continue to migrate online. Agencies have more and more cooperation. Can someone slip through the cracks? Sure. But it's less and less likely.