United States: under Trump, reception of refugees at historic low
Faced with the decision to host only 15,000 refugees in the United States, human rights organizations are outraged and deplore America's renunciation of its humanitarian values.
Olivier Douliery / AFP
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The American administration has announced new quotas for the reception of refugees.
The United States will reach its lowest point in history in 2021. Only 15,000 asylum seekers will be admitted to the country next year.
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Since the arrival of Donald Trump at the White House, the drop in the number of refugees admitted to American soil has been spectacular.
On average, 100,000 people were received each year for asylum under the presidency of Barack Obama.
They will be only 15,000 over the next twelve months, against 18,000 refugees authorized during the 2020 budget year, recalls our correspondent in Washington,
Anne Corpet
.
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The president's proposal reflects the administration's continued commitment to prioritize the safety and well-being of Americans, especially in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic
," says the State Department .
Human rights organizations are outraged and deplore the United States' renunciation of its humanitarian values.
Democrats denounce a cruel decision.
It is obviously political one month before the presidential elections.
Electoral argument
Donald Trump campaigned four years ago on the promise to reduce both illegal and legal immigration.
The president has made it again an electoral argument for the presidential election of November 3.
In front of his supporters Wednesday evening, September 30 in Minnesota, he accused his Democratic opponent Joe Biden of wanting to "
flood the state with a historic flood of refugees
."
"
Joe Biden wants to turn Minnesota into a refugee camp
" coming "
from the most dangerous places on the planet, like Yemen, Syria and your favorite country, Somalia,
" he added, in a provocative evocation of origins of Ilhan Omar, democratic parliamentarian of this state born in Mogadishu and naturalized American, whom he booed by the crowd.
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Open the valves
"
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Biden even promised to end our ban on entry from jihadist regions, which would open the floodgates to radical Islamic terrorism
", hammered Donald Trump again.
The Democratic candidate pledged to bring the number of refugees admitted to 125,000, believing that the reception of persecuted people was in line with American values.
This policy only applies to refugees selected by US security and intelligence agencies from UN camps around the world to be resettled in the United States, primarily among the most vulnerable such as the elderly, widows and children. disabled.
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