Tuesday's World Events - November 27, 2018
1. For the BULGARIA, give the following information:
Find the answers at the CIA World FactBook website. For each country, answers can be found under the “Geography” “People” and “Government” headings.
NOTE: Before answering the questions below, read the "Background" below.
2. For the BULGARIA:
a) list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b) How did the government’s junior coalition partner, the United Patriots, explain their opposition to the UN migrant plan?
c) For what reason did the conservative] governments of Hungry and Austria reject the UN plan?
d) Judith Bergman of Gatestone Institute wrote in her commentary “UN Member States: Migration Is a Human Right” on Nov. 10:
The UN agreement…notes: "Refugees and migrants are entitled to the same universal human rights and fundamental freedoms, which must be respected, protected and fulfilled at all times." (Preamble, section 4)
It cannot be stressed enough that this agreement is not about refugees fleeing persecution, or their rights to protection under international law. Instead, the agreement propagates the radical idea that migration -- for any reason -- is something that needs to be promoted, enabled and protected. Almost all UN member states, except for the United States, Austria, Australia, Croatia, Hungary and possibly also the Czech Republic and Poland, are expected to sign it.
The UN has denied that migration is being made into a human right. "The question of whether this is an invidious way to start promoting a 'human right to migrate' is not correct. It's not in the text; there's no sinister project to advance that," Louise Arbour, the UN special representative for international migration, recently said.
The UN has no interest in admitting that the agreement promotes migration as a human right; until recently there has been little debate about it. More debate might risk jeopardizing the entire project. The wording of the agreement, as documented below, leaves little doubt, however, that with the signing of the agreement, migration will indeed become a human right.
Why is this dangerous to the sovereignty of a country?