Australian rejected ‘refugees’ on the way to US
this week!
by
Ann Corcoran 1/23/18
We can get excited about the
slowdown in the normal refugee flow to America (see post yesterday), but here comes the very abnormal flow—58 of the
Australia-rejected mostly single men who have been detained by the Aussies
for as long as four years will now be free in America.
The deal, originally agreed to by
Obama as he was walking out the door, represents an application of
international refugee law that is simply unheard of and possibly illegal.
A legitimate asylum seeker is to ask
for asylum in the first safe country in which he or she arrives. If
Australia rejected them, they should be returned home, not given a ticket to
America!
This batch is going to: North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Georgia! And, you know that resettlement contract
agencies in those states know they are coming and this will all be kept secret
from your ‘welcoming’ towns!
Here is the latest about the
hush-hush movement of 58 of the men from mostly Middle Eastern countries to
Anytown, USA.
Ian Rintoul, activist and refugee
advocate, says 40 left on one flight on Tuesday morning bound for Manila where, he says,
they’re due to be split up – one group bound for New York, the other group
travelling on to Los Angeles.
One US resettlement
agency has confirmed they are coming, but you can be sure that you, citizens of
that town, will not be told!
US, Australian and United Nations
authorities involved with the transfer have all refused to confirm or deny the transfer
details, but at least one refugee agency in the United States told SBS News that
they have received official advance notice of several arrivals. [Who?—ed]
Refugees will be resettled in locations which include North Carolina,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Georgia, according to information from refugee
advocates and resettlement agencies. 26-year-old
Shafiq Turi, who said he has been told he will be resettled this week in
Elizabeth, New Jersey….54 refugees from Nauru and PNG were resettled under the arrangement
last year.
“I’m so happy for those people
coming here,” said Reza Mohammad Nezhadtazkam, a 43 year old Iranian man from
Manus Island who was resettled in Arizona last year.
So 58 in this group plus
54 last year, and 130 additional ready to go too!
The Guardian reports that roughly
130 people from Nauru will also be transferred in the upcoming cohort, with
advocates expecting that a flight from Nauru will depart later this week. ‘A horrible deal’
Trump should have followed his
initial instincts. If just one of these men turns out to be a criminal or
terrorist, it will be on Trump. We will be watching!
The official shroud of secrecy around the transfers has made it
challenging to report on the progress of the deal, which rose to
prominence when it was the subject of a combative, leaked conversation between
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in January last
year.
President Trump denounced the agreement as “a horrible deal, a
disgusting deal” in the late January call, a transcript of which was later
published by the Washington Post. “This is going to kill me,” he said. “I
am the world’s greatest person that does not want to let people into the
country.”
Refugees are met at the airport by
American resettlement agencies and taken to temporary accommodation when they
reach their final destination.
As with all refugee arrivals in the United States, resettlement
agencies then spend the next few days assisting refugees with applying for
identification, government documents and employment services. [And WELFARE!—ed] There is much more at SBS News, click here.
If there are any real investigative
reporters out there, you could call resettlement agencies in each state
mentioned and see if any will admit that they have Australia’s rejected
‘refugees’ to pick up at the airport shortly!
Go here to find a US State Department-funded resettlement
agency near you! And for new readers, see my entire archive on the “Dumb”
Australia deal, here.
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