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Bill: Anarch Anakrousite Reform Bill - Refugee Aid
Details
Submitted by[?]: Commonwealth Workers Army
Status[?]: passed
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: February 2112
Description[?]:
| The Anarch Anakrousite party feels that our current policy toward refugess is both cold and unfair. We are placing the burden of proof on those that suffer most. How does a fleeing citizen PROVE that they are victims of some 'special circumstance'? Often, these refugees arrive at the Likatonian border with the clothes on their backs, and little else. We realise that some members of the Likatonian govenment might feel that a more welcome policy is 'a soft touch' option, or excessively expensive... but the AAP believes it is hard to place a monetary value on human lives. The AAP suggestion is to allow all victims of hardships to cross our borders and gain 'legal refugee' status. We do not believe it is necessary to give ADDITIONAL aid to those refugees... as we believe that this is a responsibility better served by the integrating communities. We suggest that LEGAL refugees be allow to access the same 'aid' packages as citizens - rather than provide additional 'aid' funding specific to refugees. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; no aid is given to them.
Current: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome but no financial aid is given to them.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:14:19, September 15, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Liberal Party | To | Debating the Anarch Anakrousite Reform Bill - Refugee Aid |
| Message | We feel the current legislation, having only been passed in the last year, if fine, for now. |
| Date | 22:42:12, September 15, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Anarch Anakrousite Reform Bill - Refugee Aid |
| Message | The AAP hopes that our alliezs overseas are as understanding, as their nations are torn by civil wars, famines and natural disasters. After all, it is only a year since that legislation passed, right....? |
| Date | 22:43:46, September 15, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Anarch Anakrousite Reform Bill - Refugee Aid |
| Message | The AAP intends to drive this issue to a vote. |
| Date | 00:39:17, September 16, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Anarch Anakrousite Reform Bill - Refugee Aid |
| Message | I think I missed some of these issues being proposed, or else we are voting really quicklly - I've not seen this bill, but the LPE will support it as a step in the right direction, despite being also in favour of giving a small amount of aid to those who arrive in our country with nothing, having been driven out of their homes. |
| Date | 01:01:57, September 16, 2005 CET | From | Commonwealth Workers Army | To | Debating the Anarch Anakrousite Reform Bill - Refugee Aid |
| Message | Response to the LPE: If you check the dates, you'll see that the AAP just pushes some issues to the vote more quickly than others. Sometimes, there seems little reward for awaiting further debate. The AAP is open to considering a reform package that the LPE may suggest on this issue, after this reform is concluded. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 209 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 38 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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