USA withdraws from the UN Global Compact on migration and refugees

U.S yesterday announced its withdrawal from a Global Compact HIM protection of migrants and refugees for being "incompatible" with their immigration policy.

"Today, the US mission to the UN (United Nations Organization) Secretary General informed that the US will end its participation in the Global Compact on Migration" said representation Washington through a statement.

UN officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment before the US decision. "No country did more than the United States and our generosity will endure," Haley said. "But our decisions on immigration policy should be taken by the Americans and only by Americans. We will decide the best way to control our borders and who will be allowed to enter our country, "he said.

Trump since he became president of the US the country and broke several commitments during the era of former president Barack Obama, including the Paris Agreement on climate.

More recently, Trump withdrew the country from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), an organization which he accused of being biased against Israel.

US withdrawal the draft pact on migration occurs when nine European and African countries, the UN, European Union and the African Union have just decided to undertake "in the coming days or weeks urgent actions evacuation" of migrants who are victims of traffickers in Libya.

SOURCE: Business Monkey

 

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