Topic: The Rights and Status of Refugees
Country: Poland
Delegate Name: Rebecca Dooley
School: Forest Hills Central High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Poland position papers GLIMUN 2018 committees
The spike of so called asylum-seekers flooding into European nations in recent years has caused many problems for the countries tasked with taking them in and offering them charity. Not all nations that on the surface appear to be able and willing to support these refugees have agreed to the terms they are expected to uphold. The Republic of Poland enjoys a strong sense of cultural and political unity that no reasonable body should ever ask us to jeopardize for the benefit of foreigners. We stand proud of our national identity and will firmly oppose any attempt to dismantle the coherence of this great nation.
The Republic of Poland has repeatedly expressed its disapproval at having refugees thrust so forcefully at our borders; we have made it exceedingly clear that we are not willing to accommodate such people. As Jarosław Kaczyński, the head of Law and Justice, says in a well articulated statement, “We have not exploited the countries from which these refugees are coming to Europe these days, we have not used their labour force, and finally we have not invited them to Europe. We have a full moral right to say ‘no’.” The Polish delegation intends on exercising this right and retaining every iota of the national sovereignty granted to each and every member state.
The Republic of Poland would look favorably upon a resolution that protects the right of each nation to govern as they see fit; we will not endorse any work that advocates for the mandatory harboring of refugees. This delegation would, however, entertain proposals that aim to assist those countries that appear to be the origin of large numbers of refugees. The purpose of such a plan should be to minimize the outflow of refugees from these targeted nations into countries that do not wish to quarter them.
Work Cited “Poland Did Not Invite Refugees, Has Right to Say 'No': Kaczynski.” Reuters, Thomson Reuters, 1 July 2017, www.reuters.com/article/us-poland-migrants/poland-did-not-invite-refugees-has-right-to-say-no-kaczynski-idUSKBN19M3H8.
