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Bill: Immigration Limitation
Details
Submitted by[?]: Royal Conservative Party
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: July 2117
Description[?]:
| 1) Lodamun needs to regulate those entering its borders with intent to live here permanently. Screening individuals for critical skills and criminal records (and basing quoats on such screening) will lead to unsuitable immigrants being blocked. However Lodamun's economic and cultural need for immigrants will still be serviced. 2) In order to ensure full intergration with the Lodamun community, a course and an examination should be introduced to instruct immigrants to the fundamentals of Lodamun life. These fundamentals include the various languages of Lodamun and its history as a country. The test and the course will provided by the government. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
Current: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
Proposed: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning granting nationality (national of this state without implication of having citizenship rights).
Old value:: Anyone is able to claim nationality.
Current: Anyone receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Proposed: Anyone receives nationality but immigrants must pass a test to gain nationality.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:26:48, September 27, 2005 CET | From | Royal Conservative Party | To | Debating the Immigration Limitation |
| Message | Do we need to debate this? I think not as we know how the voting will go |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 72 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 159 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 69 |
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