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Bill: The Refugee Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Independent Progressive Party
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: May 3928
Description[?]:
| An act to reform the laws surrounding refugees. This act will open up aid to refugees, and establish the National Refugee Commission, an agency that will be responsible for overseeing and helping refugees in Jakania. The NRC will be headed up by a High Commissioner appointed by the Sultan on the advice of the Prime Minister. A refugee will be defined as someone who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to, or owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country. |
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: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:28:32, October 25, 2015 CET | From | Independent Progressive Party | To | Debating the The Refugee Act |
| Message | The IPP is putting forward this bill to correct our horrifically inhumane refugee policy. The fact that this was national law for so long is a blight on our moral standing in Terra. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 350 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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