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Bill: International Opening Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Children of the Wrath
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: December 3004
Description[?]:
| Art. 1: Passports Law §1 Every Malivian citizen has the right to acquire a passport, except one or more of the following conditions are met: 1. The applicant has been convicted of a criminal offence and has not yet served his or her penalty. 2. The applicant has been convicted of a criminal offence that entails a possible penalty of 5 years of more, and the end of his penalty has passed no longer than 5 years. 3. The applicant is currently the debitor in a bankruptcy proceeding. 4. The applicant is currently under investigation by the police in order to prepare for a criminal trial. §2 1. The above conditions are to be checked by the civil servant responsible for the issueing of the passport by searching the police files about the applicant. 2. In order to ensure privacy, this has to be done in a way that only allows the civil servant to see, if one of these conditions is met, but not which condition is met, or any other more detailled information. §3 Responsible for the issueing of passports will be the magistrates and respective offices of the applicant's home district. Art. 2: Development Assistance and Disaster Aid Act §1: Countries in need are all countries that have either been hit by a natural disaster and are not able to ensure the well-being of the affected fast enough to ensure their survival. As well as countries in which over 75% of their population live below the poverty level. §2: Aid can consist of monetary sums as well as natural services of goods. Moderate means that an amount of 5 000 000 MCR per year and per country is not to be exceeded. The general maximum of moderate aid per year is 50 000 000 MCR. §3: The Minister of Foreign Affairs is responsible for determining which countries are to be aided, and for the execution of the whole process. Art. 3: International Trade Tariffs and Quotas Law The Minister of Trade and Industry is to determine which business branches in Malivia need protection from foreign imports and is to set quotas and tariffs accordingly. The only exception is if a treaty has been signed that makes quotas and tariffs illegal. Art. 4 Refugee Law §1: "Refugee" is every citizen of another state that applies to be treated as a refugee, and whose country is objectively capable of producing refugees. §2: Countries that are capable of producing refugees are countries that meet one or more of the following conditions: 1. Inhumane treatment of its citizens. Inhumane treatment is to defined in relation to Malivian law and its severity. 2. Imminent and substantial danger for its citizens, like an ongoing civil war, a devastating war producing a high number of civil causalities, or an ongoing natural disaster or severe condition (like fallout from a nuclear strike). §3: The subjective or concrete position of the applicant is not to be considered, the only thing that matters is the objective capability of his home country. §4: Integration aid can consist of: Malivian official language courses, monetary sums not exceeding 10% above the poverty level, public housing, supply with natural goods. §5: The Minister of Foreign Affairs is to maintain an official register listing the countries that qualify as being subject of the definitions of §2. §6: Refugees can apply at any civil servant to be recognised as such. Art. 5: Border Control Law §1: Entry onto Malivian state ground is only permitted at marked border crossing stations, or in zones that are described in international treaties with Malivian neighboring countries. §2: It is one of the duties of Malivian policing forces to patrol the borders in order to prevent illegal immigration. §3: Border crossings have to be manned by both police forces and civil servants, the latter being responsible for admission into the country. §4: The following conditions have to be met to be allowed to visit Malivia: 1. Visitors carrying a passport. 2. Visitors carrying a document of identification with the same security given by a passport. 3. Visitors having acquired a visa allowing them to stay in Malivia. 4. Refugees after the Refugee Law. §5: The following conditions prevent an admission, regardless if the conditions of §4 have been met: 1. The visitor is currently searched by the legal forces of his home country. 2. The visitor has been convicted in Malivia of a crime entailing a penalty of 5 or more years, and the end of the penalty has not passed for more than 5 years. 3. The visitor has not acquired a visa, if he comes from a country listed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs as visa-obligatory. 4. The visitor has been banned to enter Malivia by any other Malivian law. §6: All Malivian citizens have to be allowed to re-enter the state, as well as refugees after the Refugee Law, regardless if they meet or don't meet the conditions of §§4 and 5. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Travel by nationals to foreign nations
Old value:: The nation issues passports to nationals after an invasive security check.
Current: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Proposed: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards giving aid to foreign countries.
Old value:: The government supplies "tied" aid to poorer nations in return for trading rights.
Current: The government never offers international aid.
Proposed: The government gives moderate aid to countries in need.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change International trade (this is a default in the absense of a specific free trade agreement or specific trade embargo)
Old value:: The nation imposes reciprocal tariffs on imports, with no tariffs imposed on states which impose no tariffs on our exports.
Current: The nation does not impose any tariffs or quotas on imports.
Proposed: The nation allows for imports, but imposes tariffs and quotas in certain areas.
Article 4
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 5
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 | 23:42:11, September 22, 2010 CET | From | Children of the Wrath | To | Debating the International Opening Act |
| Message | Does the opposition have anything to add? |
| Date | 14:37:07, September 23, 2010 CET | From | Konservative Partei Malivia | To | Debating the International Opening Act |
| Message | Integration aid can consist of: Malivian official language courses, monetary sums not exceeding 10% above the poverty level, public housing, supply with natural goods. We think languange courses has to be in German as well in English.We also think, it is important that the refugees come at the second place. if a Mlaivian family wants a public house, they must get it first, and not the refugee. And I think the current foreign aid is in good shape.We are against a change in this part. We are also against a refugee policy which let too many refugees in our country. We need a cap on that. |
| Date | 15:11:05, September 23, 2010 CET | From | Children of the Wrath | To | Debating the International Opening Act |
| Message | As to your first concern, both German and English are meant by the phrase "Malivian official language". As to your second concern, we feel the same, but we think that the rules of who has to come first is to be expressed in the respective bills (e.g. a public housing bill), and not here. And we are firmly convinced that our current foreign aid is not good enough, and every refugee needs to be taken in that comes to our country seeking refuge. After all, we believe in the Welfare State. |
| Date | 21:56:06, November 20, 2010 CET | From | Konservative Partei Malivia | To | Debating the International Opening Act |
| Message | Refugee Law §1: "Refugee" is every citizen of another state that applies to be treated as a refugee, and whose country is objectively capable of producing refugees. §2: Countries that are capable of producing refugees are countries that meet one or more of the following conditions: 1. Inhumane treatment of its citizens. Inhumane treatment is to defined in relation to Malivian law and its severity. 2. Imminent and substantial danger for its citizens, like an ongoing civil war, a devastating war producing a high number of civil causalities, or an ongoing natural disaster or severe condition (like fallout from a nuclear strike). §3: The subjective or concrete position of the applicant is not to be considered, the only thing that matters is the objective capability of his home country. §4: Integration aid can consist of: Malivian official language courses, monetary sums not exceeding 10% above the poverty level, public housing, supply with natural goods. §5: The Minister of Foreign Affairs is to maintain an official register listing the countries that qualify as being subject of the definitions of §2. Refugee Law §1: "Refugee" is every citizen of another state that applies to be treated as a refugee, and whose country is objectively capable of producing refugees. §2: Countries that are capable of producing refugees are countries that meet one or more of the following conditions: 1. Inhumane treatment of its citizens. Inhumane treatment is to defined in relation to Malivian law and its severity. 2. Imminent and substantial danger for its citizens, like an ongoing civil war, a devastating war producing a high number of civil causalities, or an ongoing natural disaster or severe condition (like fallout from a nuclear strike). §3: The subjective or concrete position of the applicant is not to be considered, the only thing that matters is the objective capability of his home country. §4: Integration aid can consist of: Malivian official language courses, monetary sums not exceeding 10% above the poverty level, public housing, supply with natural goods. §5: The Minister of Foreign Affairs is to maintain an official register listing the countries that qualify as being subject of the definitions of §2. §6: Refugees can't apply at any civil servant to be recognised as such. §7: The maximal numbers of refugees who can come to Malivia is: 5000 people per year. The max. number of refugees, who can live at the same time in malivia is: 70.000. The refugees and their progenies: 114.000 people. §8: The maximal numbers of foreigner, who can come to malivia per year is: 5400 people.(Quota: 75% white) The maximum percentage of people with migration background is 10% of the whole population. §9: Art 4 of the International Opening Act will become invalid as soon as this law was passed by the parliament. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 307 | |
| no | Total Seats: 294 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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