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World Assembly Proposal: Emigration and Statelessness (i.e emigration as in leaving the country, not general migration)
In light of the fact that the make-up of ambassadors has changed dramatically, the honoured ambassador to Charlotte Ryberg feels that it is now appropriate the time to revisit the topic of emigration and has deeply attempted to have this draft proposed and now aims to have it passed as soon as possible, where the quality of the said draft is acceptable and therefore, seeking the assistance of our fellow ambassadors to make this draft a viable proposal with little opposition as possible, enough to convince the honoured ambassador to Alsted to vote for in an instant.
Now with the proposal at vote (having waited nearly a month for the backlog of other proposals to be dealt with), here are the FAQs to common questions and concerns:
Q&As
What is the difference between Emigration and Immigration?
Emigration and Immigration are both forms of migration but this resolution concerns emigration (people moving to settle in another country). When a person moves out of a country, it becomes a emigrant, having emigrated. When a person moves into a country, it becomes a immigrant, having immigrated. Either way, or even if I move within the same country, I have migrated, and I become a migrant.
So if I migrated from the Nation A to Nation B, I will have emigrated from Nation A to become an immigrant in Nation B.
What is the difference between Emigration and Travel?
Emigration is when a person permanently leaves one country, while travel is a general expression for going from one place to another for, say, tourism or moving house.
My nation has a strict immigration policy. Will it affect us?
No: you're perhaps confusing emigration with immigration (where the "em" is the out and the "im" is the in (See first question)). Nothing in this resolution affects national policies on immigration or acquirement of citizenship, only the loss of citizenship if it is going to render one person stateless (still making it okay to allow member state to not recognise dual nationality since loss of nationality conditions apply in the event that doing so would render one stateless).
In section 6, why member states need to keep deportees when no other state is willing to take them in?
In most cases a state (whether it's a member or not) will take in a deportee, but simply putting them on a raft and drifting them off to sea is in fact cruel and inhumane. This resolution stops such ridiculous practice.
Description:The World Assembly,
OBSERVING that people may emigrate from state to state for many reasons such as: the pursuit of ambition or opportunity; or escape or refuge from war, persecution or injustice;
CONCERNED that a person may become stateless for many reasons such as: emigrating from a member state; or having nationality of a nation that ceased to exist without a successor state;
SEEKING to promote the right of emigration and the reduction of statelessness;
Therefore,
DEFINES for the purpose of this resolution: “Emigration” as an act of leaving a nation to settle in another; “Nationality” as the status of a person belonging to a particular state, where such status grants the automatic right of return to that state, that state's jurisdiction over that purpose and, upon attaining citizenship, grants the person political rights of that state; “Statelessness” as having no nationality of any existing state; and “renunciation of nationality” as where a person wishes to cease being a national of a nation;
1. MANDATES the following, unless any of the situations in Sections 2 and 3 are true:
a) Everyone who is able to make decisions shall have the right to emigrate from their current nation of residence regardless of their status (such as disability, gender, sexuality, ethnicity or belief).
b) Member states must allow the legal parent/guardian(s) of a person unable to make decisions to make such a decision on their behalf and such person should be accompanied by their legal parent/guardian(s) for their safety and well-being;
2. PROVIDES for member states to waive Section 1, if any of the following situations are true:
a) The person is currently: serving in, or drafted to, the armed forces; under penal servitude; or undergoing civil or criminal legal proceedings;
b) To prevent the spread of radiation or contagious diseases; or to contain an ongoing disease epidemic or pandemic;
3. FURTHER PROVIDES for member states to waive Section 1 as a result of a legitimate judicial ruling that is delivered in good faith compliance with clauses 1 and 2 of this resolution;
4. REQUIRES the member state in which the emigrant left to inform the new nation of residence, upon successful emigration, of its criminal history, if the said emigrant has any;
5. MANDATES that member states’ policies regarding the renunciation of nationality must be conditional on a person’s acquisition or possession of another nationality;
6. PROHIBITS member states from depriving a civilian of their nationality, so as to render them stateless, for any reason other than: Acquirement of nationality or citizenship by misrepresentation or fraud; or treason against that member state– unless no other state is willing to take them in;
7. CALLS FOR treaties regarding the transfer of territory (between member states or to a successor member state) to include provisions to prevent statelessness, with respect given to the purpose of this resolution.
8. EMPHASIZES that nothing in this resolution shall be construed to affect member states’ policies on immigration, nor the acquirement of nationality/citizenship, nor internationally established rights pertaining travel.
Yours sincerely,
Ms. Sarah Harper
Delegate to the WA
For the Seigneur of Minoa and the Chief Governor of Charlotte Island in the Mind of Charlotte Ryberg.