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UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Politics driving EU migration debate

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Duh! No kidding! Invasion of Europe news…. UNHCR Filippo Grandi: “Responsibility-sharing has been replaced by responsibility-shedding.” Clever phrase by Grandi but a whole lot of average Europeans (Americans too!) are asking why it is their responsibility to save the African continent.     From the Malta Independent: UN refugee chief says Med migrant rescues ‘taken … Continue reading UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Politics driving EU migration debate

17 more of Australia’s rejected asylum seekers on the way to your US town

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Sorry Trumpsters but I gotta call it the way I see it—Trump was foolish to agree to Obama’s “dumb” deal (to move up to 1,250 illegal aliens that Australia had sent to detention camps and refused to admit to their mainland) to America as legitimate refugees. Refugees receive all sorts of welfare goodies and their … Continue reading 17 more of Australia’s rejected asylum seekers on the way to your US town

Australia’s rejected asylum seekers arriving as refugees in the US don’t show up in State Department’s data, or do they?

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  Every few months I have a look at the “Processing Country Map” provided by Wrapsnet (The US State Department’s Refugee Processing Center). The new map is posted usually on the fifth of the month for the previous months of the present fiscal year (in this case FY18). The processing country is the location where … Continue reading Australia’s rejected asylum seekers arriving as refugees in the US don’t show up in State Department’s data, or do they?