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The administration of
President Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from a United Nations
pact to improve the handling of migrant and refugee situations, deeming it
“inconsistent” with its policies, the US mission to the global body announced
Saturday.
“Today, the US Mission
to the United Nations informed the UN Secretary-General that the United States
is ending its participation in the Global Compact on Migration,” the Americans said
in a statement.
In September 2016, the
193 members of the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a non-binding
political declaration, the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants,
pledging to uphold the rights of refugees, help them resettle and ensure they
have access to education and jobs.
“The New York
Declaration contains numerous provisions that are inconsistent with US
immigration and refugee policies and the Trump Administration’s immigration
principles. As a result, President Trump determined that the United States
would end its participation in the Compact process that aims to reach
international consensus at the UN in 2018,” the US statement said.
US Ambassador Nikki
Haley said the country would continue its “generosity” in supporting migrants
and refugees around the world, but that “our decisions on immigration policies
must always be made by Americans and Americans alone.”
“We will decide how
best to control our borders and who will be allowed to enter our country. The
global approach in the New York Declaration is simply not compatible with US
sovereignty.”
Under Trump and his
“America First” policies, the United States has withdrawn from several global
commitments made under the administration of president Barack Obama, including
the Paris climate deal.
More recently,
American pulled out of the Paris-based culture and education body, UNESCO,
accusing it of “anti-Israel bias.”
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