Morality ... and Asylum

Lithuania won't allow asylum claims by Russians trying to avoid conscription. (BBC Radio 4 "Today".) Does Lithuania grant asylum to young men from other countries avoiding conscription? If so, that severely undermines the morality that is the basis of asylum. Britain gives asylum to avoid conscription. Which can be said to be hypocritical, because when Britain had conscription young men who avoided it were treated with contempt, if not jailed.... Perhaps Russians could come here instead.... Russians are going to countries where they don't require visas, like Georgia. But visas are not normally required when claiming asylum. Some 30,000 people, mostly young men, have entered Britain so far this year and successfully claimed asylum. They had neither passports nor visas. An exception is for real refugees - Ukrainian women and children - who can only claim asylum in Britain if they have passports and visas. Will the same now be required of Russians?