Motion:

Rich nations should be required to take in refugees.

1st Speaker (5 min) 2nd Speaker (5 min) 3rd Speaker (5 min) 4th Speaker (3 min)

Good afternoon. My Good afternoon. My Good afternoon. My Good afternoon. My

name is __. I am the name is __. I am the name is __. I am the name is __. I am the
First Speaker for the 2nd Speaker for the 3rd Speaker for the 4th Speaker for the
Opposition Team. Opposition Team. Opposition Team. Opposition Team.
MOTION MOTION MOTION MOTION
The motion we are The motion we are The motion we are The motion we are
debating today is: debating today is: debating today is: debating today is:
Rich nations should Rich nations should Rich nations should Rich nations should
be required to take in be required to take be required to take be required to take
refugees. in refugees. in refugees. in refugees.
This Is A Policy Debate. This means the Proposition Team Must Do 3 Things Today. 1. They Must
Have A Policy. 2. The Policy Must Solve The Problem. 3. The Solution Must Be Better Than The
Status Quo. If The Proposition Team Can Not Do These Three Things, We Win.
First, we define the My Team stands for My Team stands for My Team stands for
G20 as the “Rich Human Rights: Human Rights: Human Rights:
nations” for this
debate. I have One Argument: What is the most Today, my team had to
important human right? do just one thing:
One: Economic
The G20 represent 65%
Capacity. Why? The answer is simple: We had to prove that
of the world’s The Right to Life. Rich nations should
Because the rich NOT be required to
population, 85% of
nations ARE doing Without life, nothing take in refugees.
global Gross Domestic their fair share to take
else matters.
Product and over 75% care of refugees. We strongly believe that
we have done that.
of global trade. The First, I will rebut and That is why my First
Speaker and my
“Rich Nations” we refer rebuild our case. Let’s review what we
Second Speaker both told you today:
to in this debate include They emphasized the Right
the European Union. said .............................. to Life. ONE: The G20
******************* ..... represents 65% of the
Next, let’s define what a The rich nations of world’s population,
REFUGEE is and the We disagree the G20 have a moral 85% of global Gross
current situation: because ........................ and a legal obligation Domestic Product and
............ over 75% of global
 to do all they can to trade.
According to the United protect human life.
Nations, “Refugees are My First Speaker told My team strongly TWO: The members of
people who leave their you that refugees have believes that the rich the G20 include the
country because of human rights. United States AND the
nations of the G20
Persecution, Conflict, European Union.
ARE meeting their
Violence, or Human We have an obligation
Rights Violations.” to protect refugees. obligations to These are the richest
Cooperate with nations on Earth today.
What is the Current Under the United other Nations to
Situation? Nations Declaration of protect refugees and But…TEN countries
Human Rights, Article save lives. have taken in 60 per
******************** 3, refugees have the cent of the world’s 22.5
According to the UN, 84 Right to Life. ******************* million refugees.
% of refugees are in That brings me to our
Poor countries. Under the 1951 Third Argument, which 84 per cent of refugees
******************** Refugee Convention is Education. are in Poor countries.
The top 5 countries AND the 1967 *******************
are: Protocol, refugees Why is Education so We told you that these
1. Turkey – 2.9 Million must be protected. important? countries are close to
2. Pakistan – 1.4 ******************* the countries where
Million That means food, refugees come from.
3. Lebanon – 1 Million water, shelter, and Like my Second
4. Iran – 980,000 medical treatment must Speaker said, and I Refugees are not
5. Uganda – 940,000 be provided to them. quote: tourists who choose
******************** which country they
55% of ALL Refugees My team does NOT “Over 50% of the want to visit.
Worldwide Come believe that a country refugees in the world
From 3 countries: like Bangladesh, with a are children under 18.” They are running for
Syria, Afghanistan, GDP of only $220 (end of quote) their lives with only the
and South Sudan. Billion Dollars, is the clothes on their backs.
******************** right country to pay for These children need
My Team Stands For half a million education. And sadly, My First Speaker
The Status Quo. There refugees. refugee education is in made it clear that the
is no need for change. crisis. rich nations cooperate
******************** To let this happen, the in protecting refugees.
We bring you world would be guilty For example, 91% of
THREE Arguments: of a human rights the world’s children The richest nation on
violation against the attend primary Earth, the USA, pays a
1: Human Rights refugees. school...BUT only 61% BILLION Dollars
2: Economic Capacity ******************* of refugee children more than any other
3: Education That brings me to our attend primary school. country, and also takes
second argument, in Forty Five
I will talk about Economic Capacity. 84% of the world’s Thousand Refugees.
Human Rights. adolescents attend
The Evidence is quite secondary school...BUT Clearly, the rich nations
My Second Speaker clear on this point. only 23% of refugee are meeting their
will talk about adolescents attend obligations to cooperate
Economic Capacity. Like my First Speaker secondary school. in the care of refugees.
said, and I quote: “The
My Third Speaker will G20 represent 65% of 36% of the world’s This is Because all 193
talk about Education the world’s population, youth attend nations that signed the
and Analyze the Clash 85% of global Gross university...BUT only United Nations
in today’s debate. Domestic Product and ONE PERCENT of Declaration of Human
over 75% of global refugee youths attend Rights have an
My Fourth Speaker will trade.” (end of quote) university. obligation to protect
Summarize the debate. refugees.
Based on those facts, This is a Human Rights
****************** we believe that Crisis. Education is a That means ALL
That brings me to my cooperation among the Human Right. nations, the rich nations
First Argument, nations of the world is AND the poor nations.
Human Rights. the BEST way to make According to the 1948
sure no nation must Universal Declaration That means when there
******************* bear the economic of Human Rights, is a crisis that causes
What are the human burden of paying alone. Article 26: “Everyone refugees to leave their
rights of refugees? has the Right to country, then it is the
The G20 has the Education. obligation of ALL
According to the United economic capacity to countries to cooperate.
Nations, refugees have pay and Bangladesh, Education shall be
the same fundamental for example, has the directed to the full My first and second
human rights that you capacity to give shelter development of the speaker proved that the
and I have. to refugees. human personality and economic capacity of
to the strengthening of
the rich nations, in
These rights include: For example, in 2017 respect for human rights
cooperation with the
the USA took in Forty and fundamental capacity of the poor
- The Right to Life, Five Thousand freedoms. nations to provide
- The Right to Refugees, AND paid shelter, is the BEST
Protection, One Billion, Four It shall promote way to use the
- The Right to a Hundred and Forty understanding, tolerance resources of the world.
Nationality, Million Dollars, while and friendship among
- The Right to Freedom Bangladesh is taking in all nations, racial or My Third Speaker told
-The Right to leave any more than Five religious groups, and you about education.
country. Hundred Thousand shall further the
Refugees. activities of the United Education is the future.
Nations for the
“This is international maintenance of peace.”
 cooperation.” (end of quote)
These human rights are Education is the way to
found in the Universal Both countries are solve the refugee
Declaration of Human working together to Today, my team argues problem.
Rights, solve the problem. that education is very
important for Refugee education is
******************** In this way, the refugees. about the leaders of
nations of the world tomorrow, the doctors
Today, the Proposition cooperate to keep the Malala Yousafzai, the and engineers and
Team argues that the refugees alive. youngest person to ever teachers who will help
rich nations of this win the Nobel Peace to make this world a
world are NOT meeting For example, the other Prize, in 2014, agrees better world.
their obligations. day Four Refugees with us. Her school was
were killed by Wild shut down by the If we look at what is
Their Solution is a Elephants in Taliban. She barely possible, then we must
Policy to require rich Bangladesh. escaped death after look at the country of
nations to take in more being shot in the head Uganda, where the
refugees. Yes, you heard me by the Taliban. They President was once a
right. I said: Wild were trying to stop her refugee.
My team believes this is Elephants. from speaking out for
Fundamentally Wrong. girls education. Such a person, an Ex-
That could happen Refugee, understands
It is based on Two False to anybody in Malala writes: “More what refugees need: a
Assumptions: Bangladesh. children than ever place to live, food to
before spend their eat, and education.
One: It assumes the rich But if you argue that school years as
nations are NOT doing because of wild refugees. Some miss That is exactly what my
their fair share. elephants, rich nations their entire education team has argued for in
should be required to after their lives have this debate.
Two: Even if that were take in more refugees, been upended by
true, it assumes that the we disagree. conflict. The rich nations of this
BEST SOLUTION is to world have clearly
require rich nations to Also, there was a boat We should not ask a demonstrated that they
take in more refugees. full of refugees trying child, forced to flee her are willing to cooperate
to get to Bangladesh. home, to also give up with the poor nations of
The Proposition Team Is her education and her this world.
Wrong. Refugees are The boat turned over dreams for the future.
NOT Tourists. and 12 people drowned. They are paying
That could happen to And we must recognize HundredS of MillionS
They are people who anybody on a boat. that among today’s of dollars, and the poor
have the Human Right refugee children are nations are providing
to Protection. For example, One tomorrow’s leaders, on the physical space.
Thousand, Five whom we will all As my First Speaker
The reason refugees go Hundred and Seventeen depend for peace. said, Uganda is home to
to countries like Turkey, people drowned when almost one million
and Jordan is to protect the Titanic went down. The key to their future, refugees.
their right to life. rebuilding their home
But if you argue that countries and greater Let me finish by
These countries are very because a boat can turn stability around the quoting one of those
close to where the over and kill 12 world, is education. refugees in Uganda,
refugees come from. refugees, rich nations Miss Khadija al-
should be required to A full 12 years of Hassan, a refugee from
All they have is the take in more refugees, school for every refugee Somalia in Uganda:
clothes on their backs. we disagree. child gives countries
and regions a better “There is no problem in
That means they need Both arguments are chance for peace, Uganda.
food, water, and shelter. ABSURD. economic growth and
improved public health. Refugees are given
The rich nations of the BUT there IS one thing houses, food and free
world PAY for this food, that is NOT absurd: In refugee camps education for their
water, and shelter. around the world, I have children.
No Human Being met thousands of
For example, in 2017, should die of displaced people — and You can even sleep in
the USA paid One STARVATION. the United Nations the open and nobody
Billion, Four Hundred Refugee Agency is there will bother you.”
and Forty Million That is why rich with them, providing (end of quote)
Dollars. nations are happy to shelter, safety and
pay for food, water, and schools to children in Cooperation and
The European Union shelter for refugees. need. education for refugees,
paid 430 Million this is the status quo,
Dollars. Even if that means the They understand that which is the position of
rich nations must pay the best way to help the Opposition Team.
Germany paid 300 hundreds of millions of refugees is to help them
Million Dollars and dollars, the rich nations stand on their own.
took in 600 Thousand are happy to pay. *******************
Refugees. I urge world leaders to The Proposition Team
We also believe that give serious has failed to give us a
Japan paid 150 Million No Human Being consideration to long- better solution to the
Dollars. should be killed by the term consequences of refugee problem.
military, because the neglecting education for
Sweden paid 110 government of some refugee children. That is why my team
Million Dollars. country has decided to wins this debate today.
persecute you.
Sustainable peace,
Canada paid 80 Million Thank You.
prosperity and stability
Dollars. That is why the United
cannot be built without
Nations has a *******************
them.” (end of quote)
My Source for this Peacekeeping force. The rich nations of the
information is the world agree with
United Nations Refugee Since 1945, there have Malala. That is why a
Agency, October, 2017. been 71 peacekeeping year ago, the New York
missions. Declaration for
******************* Refugees and Migrants,
Clearly, the United In 1988, the United was signed by 193
States can NOT protect Nations Peacekeeping countries, which
the life of a refugee from Forces won the Nobel emphasized
Syria who is in Turkey. Peace Prize. EDUCATION as a
CRITICAL element of
Turkey must do that. The G20 has the caring for refugees.
Economic power to pay
What the USA can do is for these things which Furthermore, the
pay for food, water and keep the lives of ambition of Sustainable
medicine for the refugee refugees safe. Development Goal 4 is
who is in Turkey. to deliver, (I quote)
According to Article 17 “inclusive and quality
Taking care of refugees of the United Nations education for all and to
is a global problem that Charter, each member promote lifelong
requires global must pay their fair learning.”
cooperation. share for peacekeeping.
193 countries have
As we have showed you, The budget for this year made a Promise to
the rich nations of the is $7 Billion Dollars. educate refugees.
world ARE doing their That is a lot of money,
fair share to help take but a good investment. This is the Correct
care of refugees. Solution, for ALL
In conclusion, nations, rich nations and
Because the rich nations Protecting Refugees is poor nations, to work
of the world are paying about economic together to solve the
so much money, they capacity to pay. refugee problem.
should NOT be required ******************
to take in more refugees. For all these reasons, *******************
we are PROUD to For all these reasons,
For all these reasons, we Oppose the Motion. we are PROUD to
are PROUD to Oppose Oppose the Motion.
the Motion.