And so, on the second day after President Donald Trump signed his executive order banning visas to nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries, the fallout continues, permeating through the lives of countless people around the globe.
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While a comprehensive list of canceled resettlements is not available, several refugees headed to Texas also saw their trips canceled.
Finally, the U.S. will limit the number of refugees it admits in 2017 to 50,000. “The rhetoric of politicians to justify their anti-refugee policies has been deliberately manipulative”. That will remain in effect until Trump determines that enough security changes have been made to ensure that would-be terrorists can’t exploit weaknesses in the current vetting system. S. history, in which almost 3,000 people died.
Until the ascent of the Trump administration, the USA had been a major contributor to resettlement plans.
According to a news release from UNHCR, more than 800 refugees were set to make America their new home this week alone, but instead find themselves barred from travelling to the United States. In addition, the order freezes refugee admittance from the war-torn nation of Syria for 120 days. Refugees are different from regular immigrants because they are not voluntarily emigrating to another country because they agree with that said countries’ values or core beliefs.
The indefinite ban on Syrian refugees is particularly inappropriate. The small Syrian-born community in the United States is well integrated, with household income at about the same level as native-born Americans. The study concludes that this is due to the fact that those with foreign born backgrounds are 2.1 to 19.5 time more likely to commit rape than native born Swedes. IRAP focuses on the most vulnerable refugees, including LGBT refugees, throughout the Middle East and is one of the only organizations providing direct legal assistance to LGBT refugees in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon. Almost 900,000 entered Europe to seek asylum in 2015-16.
The United States has admitted larger numbers in the past – 200,000 in 1980, for example, many from Vietnam.
The Rev. Sherry Vaughan Williams, among those leading the west Austin church’s volunteer efforts, was still concerned about finding a vehicle large enough to get the family from the airport – where a group of church volunteers would receive them – to the apartment without splitting them up. We will still do all we can to bring him, despite the very real possibility that his visa will be denied. In Dallas, the arrival of five families comprising 11 individuals from Iraq and Syria was also canceled. Last year, a Somali refugee who, according to law-enforcement officials, had been influenced by ISIS propaganda, was the first to be charged for an act of terror in the United States, but officials say he was a “lone wolf” who had not been in contact with any organized terror groups.
“If there is no longer any chance of being resettled in the USA, then we would like to know whether we can apply somewhere else which will welcome us”, she said.
IRAP has already received concerns from former clients resettled in the United States about the fate of other LGBT refugees.
Then there are disputes about fairness, since asylum seekers often end up on the shores of wealthier Western signatory countries. Politicians from both political parties issued statements condemning the executive order. You can read up on the full details of the executive order here.
US President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration fundamentally alters decades of bipartisan US practice. This allows the President to appear strong and generous, getting the benefit of a symbolic gesture to protect the American people and allowing refugees in once he has determined that all is safe. Another 25,000 refugees could be admitted by this October, following the lifting of the suspension. Or officials could decide that no procedures are good enough, and leave a de facto ban in place.
Last year, former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon urged states to take in at least 10 percent of the total refugee population (equivalent to about two million people) through resettlement or other legal channels. A Cuban arriving at a US airport with a visitor’s visa also could ask for asylum.
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REFUGEES: Trump ordered a four-month suspension of America’s broader refugee program. “This policy does not make us safer”.
