And your country owes you why?
Because its a UN convention.
But for the purpose of this discussion, I'm assuming a person already has a country they belong to which does give them the right to stay.
No other country owes you the right to stay. Singapore does not owe me the right to be there, let alone stay there. Each country is free to decide the rules for who it allows in and how long it allows them to stay and under what conditions.
It's not a "human right".
A “human right” is a social term defined by the demands of the people living in that time collectively. There is no list we can check off, it is what people demand and can fight for.
By asserting the right they very well could be /creating/ it.
The beauty of human rights was that it was supposed to be a well-defined set of core things. Which can't be granted, they just shouldn't be stamped on. But now „human rights“ is becoming a very polarised topic with many bits where person A is forced to do provide something to person B because it's „human rights“. Does person A has a „human right“ to refuse to provide his service?
If it was supposed to be a a well-defined set of core things, where are you drawing that set from?
Can it be a non-questionable human right to force others to provide you something?
Granting people that others will provide them something is fine. But it must be possible to discuss such topics. Human rights, IMO, shall be a very pure set of things that are not up to discussion, even with rather fringe views. Regardless of political quadrant. Of course, some freaks will always question anything. But wide wide majority (think 95% if not 98%) shall sign off on that.
Honestly, I'm not sure what use you see from asking this question.
It's reasonable to ask why your country of birth owes you anything. Keep in mind not every country gives you citizenship from birth, so it raises the question of whether what you're saying really is correct.
I would suggest if someone has worked somewhere for a decent amount of time they should not be disposed of so easily as the person in the article.
But that question wasn't. It was bad faith "gotcha!" question.
There's why does any country owe you, and why does your country of origin in particular owe you.
Your country owes you citizenship even if you don't pay your taxes. It may punish you in other ways, but not by taking away citizenship.
- People who can't "defend the country" don't get these rights: women, children, old people, people with religious exemptions, people with an unreasonable fear of being violently killed.
- People who promise to come and defend will get these rights, regardless of where they were born? Do they just make a solemn oath or do they have to do boot camp and maintain their skills?
I hope you can see this is not where your rights come from.