Hissy fits in Australia as US says no to Iranians
and Somalis in refugee deal, by Ann Corcoran 5/9/18
I’ve
been having computer problems so this is going to be a quickie update on the
“dumb” Australia refugee deal that we should never have entered in to with the
Australian government.
Trump should have followed his first
instincts and told Turnbull a flat out NO!
In
January of 2017, Trump should have said NO! to the outrageous Obama arrangement
for us to take off the Australians’ hands 1,250 of their detained refugee
wannabes. So now
this is all dragging out with the Lefty press taking shots at the US each step
of the way.
Here
is the latest at The Guardian: Australia’s
refugee deal ‘a farce’ after US rejects all Iranian and Somali asylum seekers
Donald Trump’s Muslim travel ban is influencing Australia’s offshore
processing system – with all Iranian and Somali refugees rejected for
resettlement in the US.
The
third version of Donald Trump’s travel ban bars or limits entry to citizens of
five Muslim-majority countries – Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen – as
well as North Korea.
The
ban’s constitutionality is currently being considered by the Supreme Court but
is currently in effect.
About
150 refugees held in offshore processing on the island of Nauru have
appointments with US officials this week, where they will discover final
assessments of whether they have been accepted by America. So far, every
Iranian and Somali applicant has been rejected.
But,
remember dear readers the fake refugees we are taking in the Australian deal
are mostly single men from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Burma (Rohingya Muslims).
The Australian government has promoted the US resettlement deal as its
solution to offshore processing but, for more than a year, it has conceded that
the US deal cannot clear the camps.
Thus
far, 85 refugees have been resettled from Manus and 162 from Nauru. US
officials hope to finalise the resettlement deal by October, when its annual
resettlement quota restarts.
Ian Rintoul from the Refugee Action Coalition
wants the detainees to be resettled in Australia…..
More than 500 refugees are expected to be left on the island of Nauru
even if the US fulfils its entire commitment of 1,250 places.
Ian Rintoul from the Refugee Action Coalition said the US resettlement
had been “revealed to be a farce”.
“Iranian
refugees account for around a third of all refugees on Nauru,” he said. “It is
just not possible for all Iranians to be rejected on any legitimate basis.
“While
Trump says there is no official ban on Iranians and Somalis, it is now very
clear that the US administration is imposing an unofficial ban. It is not a
coincidence that all Iranians are being rejected.
“Turnbull’s phone call to Trump is coming back to haunt him. Turnbull
told Trump that he didn’t have to accept anyone; now Trump is taking him at his
word.” That phone call is haunting all of us!
Continue
reading here. See my archive on the “dumb” Australia deal by clicking here.
If anyone is interested in following this topic to its very beginning, you will
find the information archived here at RRW.
What you can do!
You have probably done it already, but it can’t hurt to let the President know
again that he can still shut this down! He is setting a terrible precedent with
this highly unorthodox arrangement for refugee resettlement, plus he isn’t
keeping us safe by simply blocking the Iranians and Somalis while taking the
Afghans, Pakistanis and Rohingya Muslims!
And,
to top it off, just as this article makes clear, the media is going to use this
whole dumb deal to further bash Trump!
See
how to contact the White House in the upper right hand column of RRW.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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