[SENATE] League of Nations stateless persons passports

[Smyg]

This should be quite self-explanatory.

Bill on Stateless Persons Passports

Whereas the Conference on Identity Certificates for Russian Refugees of July 3-5 of 1922 established a system of emergency passports issued initially to citizens of the former Empire of Russia who had their citizenship revoked by the Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, of which "White Russians" there are thousands and yet thousands living in Brazil,

Whereas said emergency passports have been extended to other groups of stateless individuals, such as Armenians fleeing the former Ottoman Empire (done on order of the Council of the League of Nations in 1926),

Whereas said emergency passports, created by Mr. Fridtjof Nansen, the High Commissioner for Refugees for the League of Nations who in 1922 received the Nobel Peace Prize in for his work on behalf of the displaced victims of the Great War, today are recognised as valid by at least two dozen states among the League of Nations,

• Section 1. The Stateless Persons Passports, also known unofficially as "Nansen passports", issued by the High Commissioner for Refugees for the League of Nations following the Intergovernmental Conference on Identity Certificates for Russian Refugees, shall be respected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs and other branches of the Government and the State of the Republic of the United States of Brazil as valid for identification and travel purposes.

• Section 2. The High Commissioner for Refugees for the League of Nations and the International Labour Organisation's Refugee Service (which aids the High Commissioner since 1925, under the chairmanship of Mr. Thomas Frank Johnson) shall be offered to establish offices in the Republic of the United States of Brazil under the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for the purposes of issuing and validating such Stateless Persons Passports, catering especially to those who have fled political, religious and cultural persecution in Latin American countries as well as those stateless persons of European or Asiatic origin, who are currently in Brazil but lack the documents necessary to legally leave the country.

• Section 3. This bill shall go into effect thirty-one (31) days after passage.

[LordMoose]

we here worry about people coming here and hurting the job outlook for legal Brazilian citizens due to them competing for the same jobs and driving down prices if enough come among other possible abuses.

if these are addressed then we could go from there

[Smyg]

we here worry about people coming here and hurting the job outlook for legal Brazilian citizens due to them competing for the same jobs and driving down prices if enough come among other possible abuses.

if these are addressed then we could go from there

This is not applicable whatsoever.

[LordMoose]

then our concerns are pointless. we will wait and see what else is brought up in these debates

[Smyg]

(((OOC: Brazil has extremely restrictive immigration policies, especially for people from non-white countries. These time-limited refugee passports wouldn't cause immigration. It would rather be used for people to leave legally, as Brazil can very easily deny entry.)))

[acecipher]

We support this measure; we do not need to keep refugees trapped in limbo as our country. We long ago abolished bondage; this bondage-through-bureaucratic-error should surely be made to be in line with such principles.

[Smyg]

((OOC: In order to convince people to support this, here's today's Google Doodle.))



The Communist Party asks that this motion be moved to voting.

[Luc]

Sebastião do Rego Barros, President of the Chamber of Deputies

If there are no members of the house against such measure, we will now entertain an official vote on this bill.

[Smyg]

The Communist Party of Brazil (4) naturally votes yes.

We again would like to repeat that this motion would not cause an influx of immigrants, as such are already heavily regulated, and would instead allow the Brazilian authorities to identify refugees currently in Brazil, and allow them to legally leave the country.

[Flamelord]

The Federal Union Party (93) votes Yes on the bill placed before this body

[acecipher]

The Social Democratic Party will vote Yes 26 times, with one dissenting No vote.

[LordMoose]

the PL will vote YES with 14 out of 15 members with one not showing up to vote due to being out of congress

[Luc]

The Democratic Party (42) votes IN FAVOUR of this bill.

The Socialist Revolutionary Party (3) votes IN FAVOUR of this bill.

The Workers & Peasants Block (2) votes IN FAVOUR of this bill.

[Red John]

The Liberal Democratic Party (91) will vote yes.

[Westar]

The National Liberal Alliance (70) votes in favour of the current bill.