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  • This parliament will return to Hilshabari as Mr. Zulhas.

    Infoslide

    Mr. Zulhas, known for his channel 'Hilshabari,' is a popular YouTuber in the country. He is primarily renowned for his public-oriented political commentary and analysis. During the autocratic regime in Hilshabari, he became a victim of various forms of persecution and sought political asylum in a Western country. Recently, Hilshabari has been liberated from the grip of dictatorship, and Zulhas now has the opportunity to return to his homeland and play a direct role in the reconstruction of the state.

    RDS Ramadan Open 2025 · Querter Finals · 2025-02-20

  • This house, as a feminist leader in Iran, would flee to a progressive country to continue advocating and reforming the laws

    Infoslide

    In Iran, women face systemic gender-based oppression through laws that severely restrict their rights. Unequal legal standing and discriminatory marriage, divorce, and custody laws limit women's autonomy. Activists advocating for women’s rights are often imprisoned or harassed, further silencing dissent. In August 2023 alone, Iranian authorities arrested at least 12 women's rights defenders and other peaceful dissidents.

    Intertext Asian Parliament Debate Open 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-01-18

  • This House believes that Panama should cancel the agreement

    Infoslide

    The Darién Gap is a highly dangerous passage in Panama used by immigrants from Venezuela and Haiti on their way to the United States. In recent months, Panama signed an agreement with the Biden administration to deport all illegal immigrants back to their home countries before they enter Panama through the Darién Gap, withthe United States covering the logistical costs.

    The 17th Christ University Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Open Semi Finals · 2025-01-17

  • This house supports the agreement between the US and Panama

    Infoslide

    The Darién Gap is a 60-mile stretch of dense rainforest on the border of Colombia and Panama. It's the only land route connecting Central and South America. It’s made up of mountainous terrain, swamps and rivers. Migrants crossing face threats of physical and sexual violence from criminal groups. In July this year, The United States and Panama made a deal to reduce the number of migrants crossing the Darién gap on their way to the United States. This includes an agreement that the US will pay for the repatriation of migrants who enter Panama illegally, US training of Panamanian personal to screen and deport migrants, and barbed wire fencing throughout the jungle to discourage crossing.

    SSE Riga IV 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-12-14

  • Assuming you know for certain that you and your family would succeed safely, This house would defect to South Korea.

    Infoslide

    You are an upper-class, middle-aged individual living in Pyongyang who works in the government tech and surveillance industry. Like most wealthy individuals, you have been western educated in your youth, but have since spent all your time in NK. Although you must still abide by the laws of North Korea, you have monetary freedom to access luxuries, higher education, and sometimes foreign goods and services as part of the North Korean elite. You are an only child to two parents, and have no other family members, but as all humans do, you and your parents may have business acquaintances, friends, and far removed relatives. In the past you have never had the opportunity to escape the nation at all. In this current moment you have a unique, once-in-a- lifetime opportunity to defect to South Korea with your family with the certainty of complete physical safety.

    Asia Pacific WSDC 2024 · U16 Grand Finals · 2024-12-14

  • This House Would Leave Carthage

    Infoslide

    You are Aeneas, son of the goddess Venus and one of the few survivors of the siege of Troy. You lead a group of refugees to find a new home and have been told by Venus that it is your fate to found a great new city for your people. After six years of unsuccessful travels, your ship wrecks before the independent city of Carthage. You fall in love with the queen Dido, who proposes that your people stay in Carthage and asks to marry you. The goddess Juno blesses this union. That night Venus reminds you of your mission and compels you to leave.

    Durham IV 2024 · Novice Final · 2024-11-23

  • This house believes that climate activists in small island states threatened by rising sea levels (ex. Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati) should prioritize evacuation measures (ex. advocating for citizens to be granted refugee status in other countries, finding alternative habitats for indigenous species, retaining fishing rights for citizens within national waters) as opposed to adaptation efforts (ex. building sea walls, raising ground levels, advocating in favour of global environmental policy)

    Canadian Universities Debating Championship 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-22

  • This house believes that the EU should end refugee deals with states outside of the EU (e.g. Turkey deal, Tunesia deal)

    Infoslide

    It is the year 1450 AD. Kampen - formerly one of Europe's biggest trading hubs and candidate for the capital of the Netherlands - is part of the Hanseatic League. The city is bordering the Zuiderzee (South Sea), making it easy to reach Amsterdam and London on the one hand, and the river IJssel running into Germany on the other. The Hanseatic League is a trade cartel consisting of cities in Eastern Netherlands, Germany, Poland and the Baltic States that agreed to collaborate to suppress and exclude other cities that threatened their wealth. They do this by monopolising trade on some of the most profitable goods (e.g., grain, wood, skin, wine and spices), exclusive storage rights in harbours and limiting expertise in how to build ships to cities within the Hanseatic League. Recently, the Hanseatic League has been facing competition from Western European cities in Denmark, Flanders (Belgium), Scotland, England and Western Netherlands (including Amsterdam, another candidate capital of the Netherlands). Some cities in Poland from the Hanseatic League have broken the agreements and now allow trading, mostly with Amsterdam as Amsterdam offers significantly cheaper prices. Following its declining dominance, the Hanseatic League has become more aggressive and blocked access to the East Sea for all cities not part of the League. Ships from Amsterdam have just broken this blockade and the city demands that - rather than neutrality - Kampen drops from the league and stops trading with their respective cities. This is not relevant for the debate, but Martijn felt like you should know.

    Erasmus Novice Cup 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-09

  • This house believes that Japan should accept more refugee application from Kurds

    Infoslide

    As of April 2024, it is estimated that there are approximately 700 Kurdish “provisional releasees” in Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, who are in an illegal status. Also, there are approximately 1,300 Kurdish with temporary resident status whose refugee applications are pended. The Turkish government denies the refugee status of the Kurds, stating that Kurds “have the right to vote and their human rights are guaranteed”. As of 2024, only one refugee application has been approved by the Japanese government through a court case in 2022.

    JPDU Autumn Tournament 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-10-19

  • This house believes that the U.S should pay Panama significant per-capita subsidies for detaining and repatriating migrants within the Darién Gap

    Infoslide

    The Darién Gap is a 60-mile stretch of dense rainforest that connects Central and South America. It constitutes a crossing that takes days to traverse across challenging terrain, and is used by migrants who are seeking to travel to the U.S from Colombia and other South American states. Over the last five years, the Darién Gap has gone from a little-used crossing considered impossible, to one used by over 500K migrants annually.

    Hart House Inter-Varsity 2024 · Semifinals · 2024-10-18

  • This house believes that the life in the cartel is a better life for Tony Montana than a life of following the law.

    Infoslide

    Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee, arrives to Miami, where he experiences racial discrimination and has few economic opportunities. Rather than continuing as a dishwasher at a diner, he joins a cartel and starts selling cocaine.

    Sofia Open 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-10-11

  • This house believes that the EU should prioritize preemptive over reactive methods in fighting Islamic terrorism

    Infoslide

    In the context of fighting Islamic terrorism in the European Union, preemptive methods include: more stringent immigration and asylum laws, increased surveilance of radicalized groups and suspected individuals, taking away licenses from Imams and teachers that propagate extreme beliefs. Reactive methods include: deportations of asylum seekers and immigrants involved in terror attacks, prison sentences for people involved in the radicalization of attackers, extra training and funding for police and emergency medical services.

    National High School Debate League of China British Parliamentary Open 2024 · Open Semifinal · 2024-08-06

  • This house would expand the scope of the Refugee Olympic Athletes Team to include athletes who defected from their home country

    Infoslide

    Traditionally, alot of atheletes from illiberal countries have defected at the Olympics. To compete again, they would have to acquire another nationality. Since 2016, refugees from the European migrant crisis have been able to compete without changing nationalities under the Refugee Olympic Athletes Team. They receive training, support and protection from the Olympic Refugee Foundation.

    Bicol Intervarsity 2024 · Octofinals · 2024-07-06

  • That we oppose countries adopting ‘pull-back’ measures to respond to the influx of irregular migrants.

    Infoslide

    Irregular migrants are those who enter another country without official permission. In response to border crossings by irregular migrants, several countries adopt ‘pull-back’ measures, cooperating with migrants’ countries of origin to stop them from exiting (e.g. providing support for border controls).

    Jakarta Australasian Intervarsity Debate Championships 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-07-01