Sveria
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Tourism and Refugee Reform Act …

Legislative Bill · Sveria

Tourism and Refugee Reform Act of 2024

Proposed by Sveria Socialists United

Opened

14 Oct 2024

Voting closes

13 Dec 2024

Chambers

2 legislatures

Articles

2 changes

Rationale

This bill aims to make it easier to take in and integrate refugees into Sveria, particularly refugees from San Cordova and Drumagh. This bill also attempts to make it easier for tourists to enter Sveria, to help grow our tourism industry

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous		Proposed
1	Asylum & Refugees	Meet international obligations only		Generous resettlement and support
2	Tourist Visa Policy	Visa for most nationalities through a standard e-visa process		Visa-free entry for all visitors for up to 90 days

1

Asylum & Refugees

Previous law

Meet international obligations only

Generous resettlement and support

2

Tourist Visa Policy

Previous law

Visa for most nationalities through a standard e-visa process

Visa-free entry for all visitors for up to 90 days

Timeline

Draft

10 September 2024
Vote Open

14 October 2024
Vote Closed

13 December 2024
Became Law

13 December 2024

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

National Parliament

Passed

178Yes 0No 22Abstained 0Not voted 200 seats

For: 178 / 200 seats (89.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 22 · Not voted: 0

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
National Development	22	Abstain	No reason given
National Liberty League	61	Yes	Normally we would reject, but as the Visa has a time limit, we can agree with this!
Sveria Socialists United Proposer	65	Yes	No reason given
Workers Democratic Alliance	52	Yes	The Workers Democratic Alliance has reviewed these proposals and is changing our vote from NO to YES. We support a fair and humane approach to immigration and travel, including stronger refugee resettlement and visa-free entry for legitimate visitors. We believe openness and security can work together.

Union Parliament

Passed

578Yes 0No 122Abstained 0Not voted 700 seats

For: 578 / 700 seats (82.6%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 122 · Not voted: 0

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
National Development	122	Abstain	No reason given
National Liberty League	206	Yes	Normally we would reject, but as the Visa has a time limit, we can agree with this!
Sveria Socialists United Proposer	185	Yes	No reason given
Workers Democratic Alliance	187	Yes	The Workers Democratic Alliance has reviewed these proposals and is changing our vote from NO to YES. We support a fair and humane approach to immigration and travel, including stronger refugee resettlement and visa-free entry for legitimate visitors. We believe openness and security can work together.

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Workers Democratic Alliance

Voted Oct. 27, 2024

Yes Changed vote

“The Workers Democratic Alliance has reviewed these proposals and is changing our vote from NO to YES. We support a fair and humane approach to immigration and travel, including stronger refugee resettlement and visa-free entry for legitimate visitors. We believe openness and security can work together.”

Workers Democratic Alliance

Voted Oct. 23, 2024

“We cannot support this bill asopen boarders would take jobs away from our workers!”

National Liberty League

Voted Oct. 15, 2024

Yes

“Normally we would reject, but as the Visa has a time limit, we can agree with this!”

National Development

Voted Oct. 14, 2024

Abstain