If those who claim asylum in a nearby country were sent to a refugee camp, safe from persecution, and supported financially by aid from affluent countries, people smuggling – and deaths in transit – would be eliminated. Moreover, the incentive for economic migrants to seek asylum would be reduced, and affluent countries could fulfill their responsibility to accept more refugees from the camps, while maintaining control of their borders.
该公约还开创了通常不择手段、有时甚至是致命的人口走私行业。如果那些在邻国申请庇护者被送往难民营，在免遭迫害的同时享受来自富裕国家的财政支持，就可以消灭人口走私——和运输途中的人员死亡。此外，经济移民寻求庇护的动机将会减少，而富裕国家也可以在保持边界控制的同时，履行从难民营接收更多难民的职责 。