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originally posted by: infolurker
MEP has warned EU citizens they could be “jailed” for criticising migration policies if a new United Nations agreement is acted upon.
“One basic element of this new agreement is the extension of the definition of hate speech.
“The agreement wants to criminalise migration speech. Criticism of migration will become a criminal offence.
“Media outlets that give room to criticism of migration can be shut down.
“The compact for migration is legalisation of mass migration.
“It is declaring migration as a human right so it will, in effect, become impossible to criticise Mrs Merkel’s welcome migrants politics without being at risk of being jailed for hate speech.”
Austria, Australia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Israel, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland have already stated they will not sign the agreement.
One of the “guiding principles” of the document asks for a “whole-of-society approach” to promoting mass migration, including the role of the media.
Governments are asked to “promote independent, objective and quality reporting… and stopping allocation of public funding or material support to media outlets that systematically promote intolerance, xenophobia, racism and other forms of discrimination towards migrants”
originally posted by: rickymouse
Sounds like the UN is getting more like a dictator than anything else. I think they should just disassemble the UN and the countries exile their UN diplomats. I think that the south pole is a good place to send them.
In parallel with the highly criticised migration pact, the UN has also prepared a refugee pact. Both these treaties are intended to be signed at the conference in Morocco on 10-11 December. Even if the pact is not legally binding, it refers to obligations. Thus, a kind of soft laws that restrict the sovereignty of the countries. Some of the points included in the refugee pact are as follows:
• The refugee concept is extended to people affected by climate change and environmental destruction (paragraph 12).
• Every four years starting in 2019, a global refugee forum will check and produce an index for how each country has lived up to the agreement’s obligations (paragraphs 17-19).
• A global academic network with universities, academic associations and research institutes will be established to create opportunities for refugees for education, research and scholarships (paragraph 43).
• Promote a positive attitude towards refugees being transferred from one country to another (paragraph 90).
It is not only the UN that works actively to bring about changes in migration issues, but also the EU and other actors. A relevant element is the EU document which concerns the promotion of relocation of refugees within the Member States.
The document uses terms like “compulsory measure”, “legal instrument” and “hard sell”, which suggests a binding character and that the authors of the document have recognised the difficulty of convincing the public of the proposals.
In this document, the EU has also calculated the maximum absorption capacity of each country and concluded that, for example, Germany is estimated to have a capacity of 274 million people and Sweden of 440 million (Table 12).
originally posted by: toms54
a reply to: infolurker
Free speech may be the least of their problems. British MEP Janice Atkinson is claiming that the UN Compact on Migration would result in Europe being swamped with 59 million new migrants in the next 6 years.
originally posted by: Painterz
For those who actually wish to deny some ignorance today, here's an interesting breakdown on which tabloid newspapers tell the most lies about the EU, and how many stories have been thoroughly debunked:
www.economist.com...
originally posted by: Painterz
For those who actually wish to deny some ignorance today, here's an interesting breakdown on which tabloid newspapers tell the most lies about the EU, and how many stories have been thoroughly debunked:
www.economist.com...
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was approved in July by all 193 member UN nations except the United States, which backed out last year, and is due to be ratified formally in December. Salvini Salvini said Italy will not sign the declaration (Image: GETTY) The ministry said: ”Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak has decided, following today's vote in parliament, to resign.”
Slovakia's Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini has said his government would "never" accept the pact because of its take on migration as a generally positive phenomenon, which contradicts Slovakia's will to distinguish among the migrants.
Besides Bratislava, other European Union members like Austria, Hungary or the Czech Republic shunned the pact, while Switzerland delayed its decision.
originally posted by: Painterz
For those who actually wish to deny some ignorance today, here's an interesting breakdown on which tabloid newspapers tell the most lies about the EU, and how many stories have been thoroughly debunked:
www.economist.com...
OBJECTIVE 17: Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public
discourse to shape perceptions of migration
c) Promote independent, objective and quality reporting of media outlets, including internet-
based information, including by sensitizing and educating media professionals on
migration-related issues and terminology, investing in ethical reporting standards and
advertising, and stopping allocation of public funding or material support to media outlets
that systematically promote intolerance, xenophobia, racism and other forms of
discrimination towards migrants, in full respect for the freedom of the media
originally posted by: markovian
have fun with that slow slide into becomong a 3rd world country
originally posted by: toms54
a reply to: infolurker
In this document, the EU has also calculated the maximum absorption capacity of each country and concluded that, for example, Germany is estimated to have a capacity of 274 million people and Sweden of 440 million (Table 12).