More of Australia’s rejected asylum seekers leave
for US, by Ann Corcoran 3/5/18
This
is an update on the movement of illegal aliens who tried to get in to Australia
by boat, were placed in Australian detention centers, but thanks to former
President Obama’s “dumb deal” they are coming to the US as refugees.
(A refugee
designation is the highest class of legal immigration one can hope to get
because it comes with the works—a furnished apartment, job counseling,
case workers to sign you up for your ‘services,’ etc.)
If you are a new reader, you need to know that Donald Trump agreed to
honor the deal he once called “dumb,” but at least the administration seems to
be slow-walking the process.
This
time we learn that the latest batch includes a few families in addition to the
larger number of single men, that Australia did not want on its mainland, being
placed without your knowledge in Any Town, USA.
From
the Australian AP via
the Daily
Mail: Four more
families of refugees and a cohort of single men have left immigration camps on
Nauru to start new lives in the United States.
The
group of 29, including eight children, who flew off the island nation on Sunday
is the fifth cohort to depart Nauru under Australia’s refugee resettlement deal
with the US.
They included two Sri Lankan, one Rohingyan and one Afghan family and
single men from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, refugee advocates said.
Two
hundred and twenty four of a projected 1,250 have been selected. Since
resettlements under the deal started in September, 139 refugees have left Nauru
and 85 from Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island.
Australian open borders activist Rintoul
wonders why no more vetting interviews have been scheduled. However, the Refugee Action Coalition said it was remarkable there were
no Iranian, Somali or Sudanese refugees among those who have left this year, despite Australian Border Force
officials denying any particular nationalities were banned from resettling in
the US.
[It makes no sense that the Trump
Admin is blocking Iranians, Somalis and Sudanese, but allowing Afghans,
Pakistanis and Rohingya!—ed] Hmmmm……slow-walk?
RAC spokesman Ian Rintoul said US officials were expected to remain in
Nauru for another couple of weeks but had not yet scheduled any new vetting
interviews for another round of refugees.
Under
the deal Australia reached with the previous Obama administration – derided as
the worst ever by now-president Donald Trump – the US agreed to take up to 1250
refugees from the offshore detention centers.
Go here to learn more about the Australian
“dumb” deal. We have been following it for months.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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