Topic: The Rights and Status of Refugees
Country: Somalia
Delegate Name: Tara Porterfield
School: Royal Oak High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Somalia position papers GLIMUN 2018 committees
The status of refugees is a huge issue that needs to be discussed. Over 2.1 million Somalis are displaced within our country alone. More than two thirds of Somalia’s diaspora end up in its neighboring countries. For example, Kenya has almost half a million Somalian refugees.
Immigrants and refugees in Somalia have many resources within our country. We have made healthcare and education readily available and, have livelihood initiatives to help immigrants, people who are displaced within our country, returnees to our country, refugees, and the host communities integrate to be able to cooperate with each other. We provide housing, protection, and life saving to refugees and people who have been displaced within our country. They are not treated as different people, they are treated as our own.
Refugees and immigrants should be able to have access to these things in every country. While understanding that some smaller countries such as South Sudan will not be able to house and take care of refugees in large amounts, however, larger countries like the United States and the United Kingdom will be able to care for and house them. Many organizations such as CLASP (center for law and social policy) and IAN (immigration advocates network) could be used to help integrate immigrants and refugees by giving them access to, child care and support, legal help, and many other important things for the poor and new to the country. CLASP and other organizations could be spread to nations such as the United Kingdom, France, Germany and other developed nations to help the immigrants integrate and become functioning members of society.
In conclusion, refugees are still people and deserve to be treated as such, allowed into countries that can house and take proper care of them. They should be allowed their basic human rights and the rights of citizens of their host country.
