Position Paper Sample

Committee: European Council of Ministers

Topic: Enhancing control of the external EU border

Country: United Kingdom

Delegate: Gerardo Zambrano

School: Colegio Ingles

Border control is one of the most important topics not only in Europe, but also in the whole world. European countries are countries in which border patrol is not that strong in many countries and this allows people form neighbouring countries to travel illegally to them.  Some of the problems that come up when speaking of border control are: illegal immigrants, drug trafficking, human trafficking, terrorism, and many more.  Enhancing border control in the external borders of the EU is important because it would help solve many of the problems mention before and therefore making Europe a safer place. The countries to which most people travel illegally are the Canary Islands in Spain, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, and Italy, so they are the countries that ought to improve the border first because as stated before they are the most venerable places and the places where most people get in easily. The fact that security will get better if border security is increased can be proved by the US that by implementing more security in the San Diego County border with Mexico the problems like drug trafficking, and crimes have diminished by about 25% this was declared by the US Border Patrol. Pakistan is also a good example to prove this point since after building a fence for protection in its most venerable border terrorist attacks and drug smuggling have decreased enormously since this past action.

The United Kingdom of Brittan and Northern Ireland in favour of enhancing the border patrol, but is not involved with this topic. This is because the UK is not part of the Schengen agreement and therefore dose not opens its borders with other countries in Europe or any other place. Even though the UK is not a part of the Schengen agreement it still contributes to enhancing the border patrol since, the UK itself is a part of the EU and that is the mayor reason it is in favour. Some of the things that the UK has done in the past to enhance its borders is placing more security in places in Northern Ireland since it I the place where most people go to illegally. A problem that recently was discovered by the UK is that many of its border patrol officers are receiving bribes from people to let them pass through the border but the UK solved this problem by making random “checkups” every week or so.

            To solve this problem my delegation suggests the following solutions and hopes other nations to join. First my delegation suggests increasing border patrol personnel because this will not only help increase security but also create jobs for persons all over Europe. The UK also suggests to implement a law that is used in the United Kingdom that states that any person living in the UK ought to have a visa or a family member who is a legalized citizen of the country and if otherwise the person should be send back to his own country. Also the UK suggests enhancing first the borders of the Canary Islands in Spain, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, and Italy because they are the most venerable. To rephrase my delegation’s solutions are increasing the border patrol personnel first in the most venerable borders in countries and to implement laws against illegal immigrants in countries, which do not have them. My delegation is open for other solutions.