On: EU bans Belarusian airlines from European skies

[ForHackernews]

That seems like it would give carte blanche for criminals to flee the country to avoid justice.

[jonplackett → ForHackernews]

*only if someone will take them

[bob_roboto → jonplackett]

Maybe I'm cynical but I'd bet money on people being able to turn this into a business...

[londons_explore → bob_roboto]

I'd actually be fine with criminals using this to leave my country...

Housing and feeding criminals is expensive. Letting them leave permanently is in my eyes a better solution.

[DocTomoe → bob_roboto]

Which would become an one-way route, because once a nation has become a criminal-refugee paradise, why would third countries accept them travelling to their shores?