U.S. Quits Migration Pact, Saying It Infringes on Sovereignty
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U.S. Quits Migration Pact, Saying It Infringes on Sovereignty
Kevin Appleby, the international migration policy director at the Scalabrini International Migration Network, a New York-based advocacy group, said the Trump administration
was "more interested in appeasing a small minority of Americans than working with the world on a pressing global issue." Somini Sengupta contributed reporting.
The administration’s decision to renounce the talks on the agreement, the Global Compact on Migration, was announced in a statement Saturday night
by the United States Mission to the United Nations, surprising migrant-rights advocates who called it shortsighted and counterproductive.
3, 2017
The Trump administration has quit participating in talks on a proposed United Nations agreement to improve ways of handling global flows of migrants
and refugees, describing it as a subversion of American sovereignty.
The Trump White House also has moved to distance itself from some key United Nations agencies over political issues, including Unesco — the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization — and the United Nations Population Fund, the world’s leading provider of family-planning services.
Kevin Appleby, the international migration policy director at the Scalabrini International Migration Network, a New York-based advocacy group, said the Trump administration
was "more interested in appeasing a small minority of Americans than working with the world on a pressing global issue." Somini Sengupta contributed reporting.
The administration’s decision to renounce the talks on the agreement, the Global Compact on Migration, was announced in a statement Saturday night
by the United States Mission to the United Nations, surprising migrant-rights advocates who called it shortsighted and counterproductive.
3, 2017
The Trump administration has quit participating in talks on a proposed United Nations agreement to improve ways of handling global flows of migrants
and refugees, describing it as a subversion of American sovereignty.
The Trump White House also has moved to distance itself from some key United Nations agencies over political issues, including Unesco — the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization — and the United Nations Population Fund, the world’s leading provider of family-planning services.