There are so many elements to any refugee determination system, and so many variations on each element, that the short answer is yes. When you take a look at what all countries do.... For example, safe countries of origin and the limitation on the right of appeal--that's the one I'm most familiar with right now--are used by a number of countries as they try to deal with the issue of people. I think it's really important to understand that we're talking about people who want a better life, who can't get it through the normal immigration stream but who see this as an opportunity. It's popular, because it gives them time to put down roots.
What countries have done in some cases is to send people home. Because of the safe-third-country provision, which some countries have, they do not have the right to what is called an asylum shop. You do not have the right to choose where you apply. If you are in a safe country, that's where you apply.
With a safe country of origin, it suggests that the likelihood of being a refugee is much less because you come from a country much like the country you happen to be in, and therefore a different kind of procedure is applied. It is very common to introduce express procedures that are based also on time limits for those people who are felt to be—I was with the department ten years ago—what we used to call manifestly unfounded claimants. We even tried a system called “credible basis” to try to have an express system for people who had no credible basis for their claim.
Yes, these various methods have been tried and are in place in many countries right now. That's the short answer to your question.