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Bill: Beluzia, A Nation Not a Hotel!
Details
Submitted by[?]: Beluzian Kingship 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: September 4842
Description[?]:
| Why should we allow foreigners into out culture and our nation when they have no intention of integrating. i propose a new foreign policy, Beluzia A Nation, Not a Hotel. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Current: There are quotas based on nationality to determine how many foreigners may reside permanently in this nation.
Proposed: No foreigners are permitted to reside permanently in this nation.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Current: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Proposed: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; they are given integration-aid.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change
The government's stance on illegal aliens.
Old value:: Dealing with illegal aliens is left to local governments.
Current: The government does not actively search for illegal aliens, but puts them in integration centers when discovered.
Proposed: The government actively searches houses for illegal aliens and expels them from the country.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:59:00, November 06, 2020 CET | From | Beluzia Renewal Party (BRP) | To | Debating the Beluzia, A Nation Not a Hotel! |
| Message | Any party voting against this bill on the basis of Article 1 might consider the BRP stance on this. The term "foreigner" needs to be understood vis-a-vis the term "citizen". We have several laws relating to citizenship. One of them, for example, states that the government can authorise DUAL citizenship. That means that people from other nations - which might therefore be termed foreigners - can nevertheless reside in Beluzia. The BRP view is that the BKP's proposal does not change that policy and does not mean that everyone born elsewhere is barred from living here. |
| Date | 11:32:20, November 06, 2020 CET | From | Unsubmissive Beluzian Workers Party | To | Debating the Beluzia, A Nation Not a Hotel! |
| Message | Foreigner does not mean citizen. Citizen and foreigner have different meanings. Citizen means a freeman, a legally recognised individual, whereas foreigner means a person not native or naturalised in the area that they reside, or to use the term that anti-immigration activists like to use, they are 'alien'. It can also mean a person born in another country coming to another country for whatever purposes they have. If I immigrate to another country for work purposes, and that country has a requirement of 5 years of residence, I am not a citizen. And I intend to gain citizenship, so I have to live for 5 years. And who knows, I might settle permanently. Thus I am a resident and a foreigner until I fulfil the 5 year requirement, not a citizen. If someone is fleeing war, famine, poverty, oppression and they decide to settle permanently, but have not been in a place for a certain number of years before becoming a citizen, are we going to expel them? I believe foreigner should be defined based on dictionary definitions and how it is understood in politics rather than a personal interpretation of the word. Definitions must set out the attributes of the word being defined. I do not think that citizen is a feature of the word 'foreigner'. 'Foreigners' to me is a derogatory word, as it appears arrogant and unwelcoming. Think about this. Several Beluzians travel to an area that has an entirely different culture than ours, but still find ways to cook, eat, read, sleep, shower, albeit differently. They have their customs, religions, rules, music, literature, albeit differently. The people of this area see us doing something that is not in line with what they do. Some of our practices might be new to them, some might be offensive to their culture, some might not even be viewed as good even though we consider it to be so. Don't you think that that group of people will think of us as 'foreigners' if the things we do are not like them? So the point I'm making is that everyone is a 'foreigner'. But we are all human, not alien, so why can we not refer to people by where they come from? Beluzian, Aldurian, Cildanian, Deltarian, Jakanian, Kalopian so on and so forth rather than using 'foreigner'? Just because customs differ does not mean they do not belong. The recognition of the dignity and inalienable rights of the human community is a basic human right, as is the freedom of residence within a nation. We cannot call ourselves a liberal, multicultural, tolerant nation if we use politics to violate the rights of a human. |
| Date | 12:48:45, November 06, 2020 CET | From | United Beluzia Freedom Party | To | Debating the Beluzia, A Nation Not a Hotel! |
| Message | We, the United Beluzia Freedom Party, believe that the freedom to live in our nation should be permitted to foreigners willing to abide by our rules and regulations. Therefore we do not support this bill. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 288 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 362 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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