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  • This house believes that the UN General Assembly should recognize refugee camps whose existence lasts more than 25 years as independent states.

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    There are a number of refugee camps around the world that have existed for decades and are home to large numbers of people. Some examples are: Dadaab in Kenya (211,000 inhabitants since 1991), Jabalia in Gaza (110,000 inhabitants since 1948) and Katumba in Tanzania (76,000 inhabitants since 1972).

    CMUDE 2019 · Open Quarters · 2019-04-15

  • This house believes that pro-refugee advocacy groups should portray refugees as valuable contributors to society, rather than victims of their circumstances.

    Cracow Open 2019 · 5 · 2019-04-13

  • This parliament will form an independent state for refugees, taking into account the existing possibilities

    Infoslide

    Refugee Nation: In 2015, the United Nations proposed an idea of ​​a separate state for refugees. Which has not yet been implemented. Their proposal was as follows 1. Purchasing uninhabited islands from different countries 2. Purchasing these lands from countries which have a lot of habitable but uninhabited lands. For example, Finland 3. Permission granted to islands with small populations if they wish to become a refugee state. 4. Creating artificial islands in international waters and establishing such a state there.

    DCRC Inter Club Bangla BP 2019 · 2 · 2019-02-01

  • This house supports the proliferation and normalisation of temporary protection.

    Infoslide

    'Temporary protection' is a response by nations to a 'mass influx' of individuals seeking international protection. It involves the 'receiving' state suspending individual refugee status determination and providing a lower standard of protection than that originally envisaged under the relevant international instruments (eg the Refugee Convention and Protocol).

    USU IV 2018 · Open Final · 2018-12-01

  • This house would focus on adapting to climate change rather than attempting to slow it down or reverse it

    Infoslide

    There are three broad strategies to deal with climate change: 1) to mitigate it by reducing carbon dioxide emissions from factories and reducing the use of fossil fuels 2) to reverse it by capturing carbon dioxide through planting trees and developing new technologies and 3) to adapt to it by building walls around low-lying islands genetically engineering crops to survive in higher temperatures accepting climate refugees financially supporting affected communities to adapt to climatic extremities etc.

    Taiwan Debate Open 2018 · 6 · 2018-05-24

  • This house regrets the portrayal of the recent influx of refugees and asylum seekers into Europe as a refugee 'crisis'

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    UCD Law Society Intervarsity 2017 · 4 · 2017-10-12

  • This house would illegally smuggle the Syrian refugees to safety

    Infoslide

    You are a legal immigrant in the EU leading a quiet life with your family. One day you find several Syrian refugees washed ashore on the beach. You have the choice to illegally smuggle these Syrian refugees to safety (which will take an indefinite period of time) or turn a blind eye and leave the refugees as they are. If you choose to smuggle these refugees there is a significant risk but not guaranteed of getting caught for which the punishment is the removal of you and your family’s legal status imprisonment.

    34th JPDU Spring Tournament 2017 · 4 · 2017-09-17