At the invitation of what is known as the “Kingdom of the Yellow Mountain,” which was announced in September 2019 in the Bir Tawil border triangle between Egypt and Sudan, Amnesty International held a virtual conference on Thursday, June 25, 2020, to discuss the fate of refugees around the world, with the participation of representatives of several international organizations under the title “Refugees and stateless people between international crises, economic reality, and solutions.” The conference, which was chaired by the government of the Kingdom of Yellow Mountain as the host and inviter, discussed several topics related to the situation of refugees, most notably clarifying the reality of stateless people in the countries in which they reside, the future of the refugee crisis in light of the continuation of conflicts, and the implementation of international resolutions 20/4 regarding the right to nationality: women and children issued in 2012. The supervisor of the Council of Ministers of the government of the Kingdom of Yellow Mountain, Ammar bin Ghanem Al-Ghanim, stressed that the goal of the conference is “to work with world leaders to try to solve this crisis, as the goal of the mountain summit” is The commitment of all concerned international parties to offer solutions that mitigate the effects of this crisis or resolve a large part of this issue, which blatantly violates international law.” Al-Ghanim added, “The continued use of refugees as fuel in wars is against all humanitarian principles, and the international community must take action,” considering that the conference is not the end, but merely the beginning of a humanitarian process led by the Kingdom. To try to try Ending this crisis in a way that preserves the refugee’s dignity and resolves the issue of statelessness from its roots. As for the legal advisor and member of Amnesty International, Ihab Al-Sulaimani, he said in his speech during the conference that “humanity and all religions urge coexistence between people,” and added that “coexistence between people prevents some from turning to crime and chaos and makes them productive members of society.” As for the speech by the Turkish Relief Foundation (IHH), it was delivered by Mustafa Talha. He expressed his “regret at the woes that Syrian refugees are exposed to during their move from Türkiye to Europe,” and pointed out that Türkiye “supports Syrian refugees there and helps them find work.” For his part, the head of the Kuwait Journalists Syndicate, Zuhair Al-Abad, suggested in his speech, “monitoring asylum processes, to identify the real refugees,” and called for “standing with the forced refugees who left their country as a result of wars,” pointing out that these people “need funding and expenses.” Al-Abad called on international organizations to “support these refugees and search for countries that need residents to shelter them, in addition to helping them establish small projects in the countries in which they live.” Al-Abad suggested “activating the filing of international cases through international organizations to defend any person subjected to persecution, torture, and racial discrimination.” The meeting concluded by considering it the beginning of a series of subsequent meetings during which the features of an international plan to resolve the asylum and statelessness crisis will be drawn up, with an effort to expand the circle of international participants and supporters of the initiative, whose number has so far reached 62 countries and official governments.
