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Bill: Free Passage Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party for the Republic
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2524
Description[?]:
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Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Current: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Current: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Proposed: The nation imposes minimal border controls on visitors, with cursory security checks, to confirm visitor identities.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:11:44, January 29, 2008 CET | From | Party for the Republic | To | Debating the Free Passage Bill |
| Message | I urge all parties to support an open Darnussia; we shan't thrive as a nation if we attempt to hide behind our borders. Jordanna Thompson, DLP Leader |
| Date | 13:10:58, January 29, 2008 CET | From | Loyalistische Partei | To | Debating the Free Passage Bill |
| Message | There will be no Darnussia if you replace us with someone else. |
| Date | 14:44:49, January 29, 2008 CET | From | Neoliberal Party | To | Debating the Free Passage Bill |
| Message | Article 1: Immigration must be controlled, we can't take every illiterate, poor, black with AIDS to this country. Article 2: One word: Terrorism. We must guarantee security to our citizens even if it means a little longer waiting at the airport. |
| Date | 18:18:50, January 29, 2008 CET | From | Jewish-Christian Alliance of Patriots | To | Debating the Free Passage Bill |
| Message | Article 2, this would allow drug smugglers to use Darnussia to spread their wares. Not a good idea. |
| Date | 18:53:57, January 29, 2008 CET | From | Party for the Republic | To | Debating the Free Passage Bill |
| Message | The Neoliberal Party believes in free trade and an internationalized economy, from what I understand. How can one support jobs moving across borders, but not recognize that, for true market liberalization to come into effect, the workers must be allowed to pursue the jobs as well. We can't allow arbitrary lines drawn in the sand to keep workers from the jobs they desperately need. Would the Patriots support Article 1? |
| Date | 18:58:22, January 29, 2008 CET | From | Party for the Republic | To | Debating the Free Passage Bill |
| Message | And if the 'illiterate, poor, black with AIDS', as you put it, can somehow do a better job, then let's give him or her a shot at it. |
| Date | 22:26:00, January 29, 2008 CET | From | Loyalistische Partei | To | Debating the Free Passage Bill |
| Message | Sure. Let us welcome everyone to steal our jobs, money, freedom, parliament, presidency, education and healthcare. Or then again, not. Current legislature should not be touched. We should think about our own people first. |
| Date | 00:39:25, January 30, 2008 CET | From | Party for the Republic | To | Debating the Free Passage Bill |
| Message | More bitter, xenophobic, inaccurate nationalism from the far right. The Darnussian economy can only sustain so many jobs; when the jobs are gone, people will go elsewhere. We're not going to have the whole world crowding into Darnussia. |
| Date | 05:42:11, January 30, 2008 CET | From | Jewish-Christian Alliance of Patriots | To | Debating the Free Passage Bill |
| Message | I would most certainly not support let any refugees in. That is how civil unrest happens. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 92 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 188 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 20 |
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