GA Resolution: On National Security And Migration

[Lenlyvit]

On National Security And Migration

A resolution to restrict political freedoms in the interest of law and order.

Category: Political Stability

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Greater Austrian Danube

The World Assembly,

Understands the role of economic and cultural migrants.

Discerning the right to secure borders and achieve stability.

Deducing the ability for a nation to legislate its own federal laws and protect its border(s) and civilians from outside harm.

Describing the role of the World Assembly in migration as an international agency which is not to infringe on member states’ abilities.

Hereby,

Defines the following for the purpose of this resolution:

a. An “Immigrant” is an individual that moved into a nation for residency without obtaining citizenship but may continue the path to naturalization.

b. “National security” is the act of a nation protecting itself from attack or danger from entering its nations border.

c. A “Migrant” is any person who moves from one place to another for work or better living conditions.

d. A “Refugee” is an individual forced to leave their country due to political or economic oppression, persecution, natural disaster, or any other type of warfare.

e. An “Asylum Seeker” is an individual seeking political refuge; see subclause ‘1.d’ for all the types in which refugee status can be granted.

2. Demands that:

I. Nations have the right to deny migrants access into its borders for the purpose of protecting its citizens and society from harm, therefore nations are allowed to deny entry into the nation to any non-legal migrant unless defined as a legal refugee; seeking asylum.

II. Nations are not allowed to pick which individual migrant is allowed entry for a discriminatory reason; However, they can deny their entry on the basis of national security and risk of lacking cultural integration.

Co-authored with Tribes of Unknown Origin

This is the discussion thread. To cast your vote, go HERE

[Louisistan]

OOC: Oh god, this is horribly written and ill-defined.

IC:
The Standing Committee of the Confederate Senate of Louisistan, acting on behalf of the Senate in recess, has considered and approved this resolution. It has submitted that decision for assent to the House Committee on World Assembly Affairs. The Committee has ruled against that decision.

Without a clear mandate by Congress, the Confederacy defers to the Delegate's Prerogative.

[Twobagger]

I cannot support this resolution. I strongly dislike the following aspects:

"Immigrant" is defined and then not brought up again. I must believe the author wants to contrast "immigrants" with "migrants," but it's not clear from the resolution that these two categories are even necessarily disjoint.

The pedant in me wants to scream that picking and choosing which migrants get in and which don't is literally discrimination. But, let's grant that "discrimination" does imply unfairness for the purposes of this resolution.

The liberal in me wants to scream that "risk of lacking cultural integration" is the reason that nations which intend to discriminate on the basis of race, religion, etc will give.

I also really hate that there is a "2." enumerated and not a "1." It tells me that the author gave precisely zero (bothers) about proofreading this and could well have carelessly broken something with this resolution.

I have therefore voted against.

[Deleted]

This is not the resolution to be addressing this complex issue; it's far too vague and sloppily composed.

THX, through its WA proxy, will be voting Against.

[Jabberwocky]

Written by trump?

[Vedrea]

It is poorley written but I like how they shouldn't let people in the country if they are harmful to society at a national level, like if they are terrorists or drug dealers, but they should allow anybody from any culture to immigrate, if they legally do it. But this person denys that, Saying a country should not allow a person in the country, even if they applied legally or not, so I'll vote against it,

[Lenlyvit]

This resolution has now been held for illegailities. To that end, I've deleted the poll I set up on it.