[Terpelaziun] Immigration Minister (Nov 2)

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

Túischac'h,

This enquiry is for the Immigration Minister. @Miestră Schivă, UrN

Please let me know if I am mistaken but I think we have seen one new citizen so far. It is understandable we want quality rather than quantity but one citizen every four months may be on the extreme side. Besides the work on the recently passed immigration reform (based on the aforementioned premise) please inform the Ziu on steps to attract new entrants to the nation.

[Miestră Schivă, UrN]

I thank the member for his question. The Government is certainly aware that the immigration pipeline has closed off altogether since the rush from the Argentinian YouTuber ended, and this is an issue which has concerned me in particular. One suggestion I keep raising is for a Landing Pier on Wittenberg, open to "interested parties" (on pain of ruthless moderation) who might not be ready for citizenship yet - the technical people in the back room have got it on their to-do list down the line.

We know from previous Governments that Google Ads are a waste of money and we are not aware of any other means of paid promotion - so we would have to rely on what they call "earned media". The best means towards that is our social media outreach, which has unfortunately been hampered due to the respective Minister's extra-Talossan commitments. But this is, at the moment, our Government's "best bet" on the issue.

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

I thank the member for his question. The Government is certainly aware that the immigration pipeline has closed off altogether since the rush from the Argentinian YouTuber ended, and this is an issue which has concerned me in particular. One suggestion I keep raising is for a Landing Pier on Wittenberg, open to "interested parties" (on pain of ruthless moderation) who might not be ready for citizenship yet - the technical people in the back room have got it on their to-do list down the line.

We know from previous Governments that Google Ads are a waste of money and we are not aware of any other means of paid promotion - so we would have to rely on what they call "earned media". The best means towards that is our social media outreach, which has unfortunately been hampered due to the respective Minister's extra-Talossan commitments. But this is, at the moment, our Government's "best bet" on the issue.

I thank the Seneschal for her reply and reiterate my own concern about our social media outreach while definitely sympathizing with extra-Talossan commitments (particularly those connected to professional obligations). I will seek updates from the STUFF Ministry concerning what plans to achieve a balance. I have a separate enquiry out to the Foreign Affairs Minister as I think the Landing Pier is a good idea.