{"id":274311,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/274311/?format=json","text_counter":773,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Hassan","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":398,"legal_name":"Yusuf Hassan Abdi","slug":"yusuf-hassan-abdi"},"content":"Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also wanted to sort of raise another issue which the Assistant Minister touched on yesterday. Yes, we have a large number of refugees in our country and it is a burden. But we, as a sovereign State, have refugee laws. We are hosting these refugees because they have come from countries that have been affected by violence. These refugees themselves are victims. I challenge the Assistant Minister that we should not be demonizing these refugees. He has not given any evidence. I do not know of a single refugee who has been---"}