Cross-cutting
Migration and refugees at UNGA 81
Raised by 63 of 223 speakers. Read verbatim UN transcript quotes and select a time to hear the speech.
Speeches that raised migration and refugees
Fiji · Day 3Ratu Naiqama Tawakecolati LalabalavuThey pay for school fees, rebuild homes after lots of cyclones, and sustain families between harvests.
Your Excellencies, they are not aid.
They are the earnings of Fijians abroad and sent home.
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Hungary · Day 3András Bálint BakaMany countries represented here opened their doors to Hungarians who fled their country after the revolution.
We remember both the cost of losing our independence and the help that allowed our people to start again.
Today, Ukraine is fighting to preserve its independence.
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Gambia (Republic of The) · Day 3Mohammed JallowSometimes it can change the course of a nation.
That experience also gives us an obligation.
If the international community could stand with the Gambia at a moment of fragility, then countries facing similar moments should be able to count on the same solidarity.
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Bangladesh · Day 3Tarique RahmanIn many countries around the world, migrants make important contributions to the economies of both their countries of origin and their countries of destination.
The government of Bangladesh is committed to ensuring regular, safe, and orderly migration.
Bangladesh expects stronger global cooperation to ensure the rights, dignity, and well-being of migrants.
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Greece · Day 3Kyriakos MitsotakisWe praise all reunification efforts.
A stable Libya, free from foreign interference, would benefit not only the Libyan people, but our entire region.
And Greece is ready to support Libyan institutions in border protection, in migration management.
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Palestine (State of) · Day 3Mahmoud AbbasWe call upon all States and international and regional organizations to continue supporting the work of UNRWA, for which there is no substitute, so long as the refugee issue remains unresolved.
This requires the continued financial support and political backing, as well as an end to these attacks against UNRWA.
We particularly warn also against the implementation of the E1 settlement plan.
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Comoros · Day 3Azali AssoumaniWe strongly condemn initiatives of cooperation with the local authorities of Mayotte, as well as a recent statement by the French Prime Minister linking development assistance to the pursuit of migrants.
Under General Assembly resolution 3385 of 12 November 1975 and 31/4 of 21 November 1976, and Security Council Resolution 376, Comorians are at home in Mayotte.
For the Comorian nation, sovereignty of the entire archipelago is not for sale.
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Equatorial Guinea · Day 3Teodoro Nguema Obiang MangueTherefore, 21st century cooperation should provide opportunities for the mobilization of financing to transform raw materials and to develop one's own knowledge and technologies.
Excellencies, this vision is especially relevant for Africa, which needs investments that can allow it to develop local value chains, build infrastructure, advance industrialization, strengthen human capital, incorporate new technologies, and generate employment, especially for the continent's large youth population.
A more productive and industrialized Africa will be a stronger partner to the benefit of all of those wanting to halt its immigration.
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Barbados · Day 3Mia Amor MottleyBarbadian novelist and essayist George Laming once described the Caribbean as perhaps the first global experiment in human history.
Bringing together and I quote every branch of the human family.
From the indigenous peoples of the Americas to the diverse peoples from Africa, Europe, and Asia.
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Thailand · Day 3Anutin CharnvirakulToday, we are giving displaced persons from Myanmar, who have lived in temporary shelters in Thailand for decades, greater opportunities to work and support their families.
For the Rohingya transiting in Thailand, we have adopted a community-based alternative to immigration detention for Rohingya children to better protect their rights and access to services.
Our responsibility as a neighbor also means addressing the challenges in our own neighborhood.
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Georgia · Day 3Irakli KobakhidzheTwenty percent of our country remains under the occupation of the Russian Federation, while hundreds of thousands of our citizens continue to live in displacement, unable to return to their homes.
While restoring trust is a major theme of this year's session, I would like to address our Abkhaz and Ossetian brothers and sisters.
We have shared a homeland and a history for centuries.
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South Africa · Day 3Ronald Ozzy LamolaWe are determined to confront racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and all forms of intolerance through our Constitution, our laws and our institutions.
Dealing with the root causes and challenges of irregular migration is a shared responsibility of all countries of the world.
We approach our leadership of a regional bloc that is home to a quarter of Africa's population, the Southern African Development Community, with a firm resolve to champion greater regional integration, industrialization, and trade.
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