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  • In the onset of the refugee crisis, this house prefers a world where the European Union struck a more aggressive deal requiring Turkey to shoulder the entirety of the refugee burden in exchange for a significantly greater amount of aid and European Union membership by 2020.

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    On the onset of the European Crisis, Turkey and the EU struck a deal to have a 1:1 share of the burden such that for every irregular migrant going into Greece from Turkey can be sent back to Turkey. In exchange, for every migrant that was eligible under a case-by-case basis review done by the Turkish government would be resettled into the EU. Turkey would host a significant number of irregular migrants and currently holds a load of 3.6 million refugees while the entirety of the EU holds only about a million. In exchange for hosting irregular migrants, the EU also offered to 3.3 billion Euros in aid, increasing access to visas for Turkish citizens and re-energizing talks of Turkish membership (which remains a non-member state until today). Turkey has also criticized the EU for not holding up to the full 1:1 burden of the deal forcing to Turkey to take on most of the refugee load.

    VUBP · 4 · 2020-11-08

  • This house believes that Turkey should withdraw from Syria

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    Turkey has been actively involved in the Syrian War since 2011 by providing military assistance to the Free Syrian Army (anti-Assad rebel forces). The country has also hosted 4 million registered Syrian refugees by 2019 with increasing domestic demand for the influx to be stopped. However in early 2020 the situation Idlib--a city on the border of Syria and Turkey--has increased in tension. The Syrian Army killed three dozen Turkish troops. As a result Turkey has launched a military offensive against the Syrian regime and has already shot down two Syrian warplanes killing more than 2000 Syrian regime troops. The strike has also increased the chances of a confrontation between Turkey — a US NATO ally — and Assad’s benefactor Russia.

    Hasanuddin British Parliamentary 2020 · 3 · 2020-08-09

  • The year is 2040. It has not been possible to significantly reduce the predicted climate change, in addition, scientists forecast that in 2050 a total of 1 billion people will be climate refugees. this house supports the release of the virus, Inferno is a highly contagious and incurable virus that causes 1/3 of the population to randomly die. Death occurs quickly and painlessly

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    Inferno is a highly contagious and incurable virus that causes 1/3 of the population to die randomly. Death occurs quickly and painlessly.

    Prawdziwy Turniej w Białymstoku · 2 · 2020-07-25

  • This house supports facilitating massive emigration as a response to oppressive regimes.

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    After the passing of Hong Kong's national security law, various foreign governments have announced separate immigration programs for Hong Kong citizens to resettle overseas. this ranges from fast-tracking residency (Taiwan and Australia) to path to citizenship (UK for all Hong Kong citizens holding the British National Overseas passports). this is in addition to existing, non-country-specifc asylum and refugee schemes.

    Womxn and Gender Minorities Online Debate Open · 3 · 2020-07-25

  • This house believes that it is in the interests of the EU to offer Turkey accession into the union in exchange for a permanent commitment to housing refugees from the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts

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    In 2016, Turkey began accepting refugees from the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts to limit their entry into the EU and taking in refugees who had entered Greece in exchange for fast-tracking negotiations for its potential accession into the EU. In 2020, Turkey stopped policing its border with the EU and has allowed refugees to enter into the EU again.

    Saskatoon WSDC 2020 · 4 · 2020-06-27

  • This house believes that campaigners for refugee protection should not use graphic or overly-emotional images of suffering of refugees as part of their advocacy

    14th EU in Thailand National Intervarsity Debate Championship 2019 · 5 · 2019-08-09