Speaker 1, a commenter, urged an international conversation to address what they described as widespread abuse of the asylum system, saying "massive amounts of people are claiming asylum" and that "90 plus percent of people are found not to be eligible for asylum."

The speaker said that nations must determine who may enter and under what conditions, asserting that "every nation ultimately has the right to control its own borders." They laid out four principles they said should guide international discussion: that states decide who may enter and how long they may stay; that there is no inherent right to immigrate or to receive asylum in any country of an individual's choice; that refugee status is temporary rather than permanent; and that sovereign states — not transnational bodies — must determine whether conditions in a country of origin permit return.

Quoting the meeting transcript, the commenter said, "Sovereign states and not transnational bodies must be making the determination whether the conditions in a country of origin, permit return." The speaker also said, "And finally, every country must agree to accept expeditiously the return of its nationals."

The remarks were presented as argument and opinion; the transcript does not record any formal motion, vote, or staff direction resulting from the comments. No agency representatives, specific laws, or policies were named during the excerpted remarks.