Sabbagh: Ending the occupation and lifting the coercive measures imposed on some countries is a condition for addressing the challenges of migration

New York-Sana

Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh, stressed that addressing the causes of migration requires creating appropriate conditions to enhance the steadfastness of the population and enable them to remain in their countries instead of leaving them facing difficult conditions that push them to migrate or seek asylum, stressing that ending foreign occupation and lifting coercive measures imposed on some countries, including Syria is a prerequisite for addressing the challenges arising from migration.

Sabbagh said in a speech before the First Forum to Review International Migration, which was held at the United Nations headquarters today: The Middle East has suffered for decades from the policies of Western hegemony, military aggression and Israeli occupation, which caused various waves of immigration and asylum. Over the past ten years, Syria has faced the establishment of governments Member states of the United Nations support multifaceted terrorism with the aim of destabilizing their security and stability and compromising their national options, in addition to imposing unilateral and illegal coercive measures that have had catastrophic effects on the daily lives of all Syrians and deprived them of their basic living needs, which prompted large numbers of Syrians to leave their homeland to escape terrorism. And in search of ways to live in other countries.

Sabbagh added, and we stress here that returning these Syrians to their homeland cannot be through some marketing of wrong approaches based on compromising Syria and its territorial integrity and claiming the so-called “safe zones” when they are areas that threaten security and stability based on ethnic cleansing, demographic change and infringement on human rights. Syrians.

Addressing the causes of migration requires creating appropriate conditions to enhance the resilience of the population and enable them to remain in their countries

Sabbagh added that Syria believes that addressing the causes of migration requires creating appropriate conditions to enhance the resilience of the population and enable them to remain in their countries instead of leaving them facing difficult conditions that push them to migrate or seek asylum. Accordingly, the Syrian government has made great efforts, despite the challenges it faces, to improve the humanitarian situation and return to the country. To the path of recovery and the achievement of development goals, where it attached utmost importance to providing the daily living needs of the Syrians and restoring basic services to various sectors. This was accompanied by the issuance of amnesty decrees and legislative and administrative measures that would achieve national reconciliation and restore security and stability throughout the country.

Syria encouraged the promotion of international investment in early recovery programs and projects

Sabbagh explained that Syria has encouraged the promotion of international investment in early recovery programs and projects and support for the resilience of Syrians as an additional and very important step in addressing the factors that push some Syrians to leave their homeland on the one hand, and providing the conditions for the safe, dignified and voluntary return of the displaced and refugees to their areas of origin on the other hand.

Sabbagh pointed out that upholding and respecting the principles of international law and relevant international conventions, strengthening international cooperation among member states away from policies of isolation and hostility, ending foreign occupation, combating terrorism, preventing terrorist organizations and organized crime networks from obtaining funding resulting from trafficking or smuggling of persons, and lifting illegal coercive economic measures. imposed on the peoples of a number of countries, including Syria, represents important and essential aspects in addressing the challenges arising from migration of all kinds and dealing with its root causes.

Sabbagh stressed the need to address the practices of hatred, discrimination and racism suffered by migrants and refugees in some countries, including Syrian migrants and refugees, calling for the adoption of an international code of conduct to curb the escalation of extremism and hate speech and incitement to violence against migrants and refugees.

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