U.N. Refugee Agency Chief Suggests U.S. Deportation Practices Violate The Law

Geneva (AP) – The President of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said that President Donald Trump’s America took an action on Monday deportation applications He violates international law and criticizes a broader “reaction özgü to immigrants and refugees in some countries.

UN Refugees High Commissioner Filippo Grandi said in a speech that serious fund interruptions and famine forced the UNHMA, the UNMMYK, the UMMYK this year, forcing about 5,000 people, that is, almost a quarter of the labor force. The deductions may not be completed yet, “he said.

Grandi said at the opening of the UNHCR Executive Committee: “This is definitely not an easy year for any of us.” “But remember that there was never an easy year to be a refugee and it will never happen.”

He touched on some bright points and praised peace efforts led by the Trump administration in Congo, where millions of people are displaced.

Trump management at the UN General Assembly last month This year cut the support For international humanitarian aid – He put other countries on stage The global asylum search system is abused and partially renewed through the prevention of migration.

Other traditional donors This year they surrounded the assistance expenditures for the UNHMYK.

Although the conflicts and pressures in places such as Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sudan, Venezuela and Ukraine have caused the number of people who escaped from their homes to 122 million in the last decade, the institution has taken about 5 billion dollars (or half of the budget requirements) in recent years.

Grandi said: “(BM) Refugee contract and asylum principle on the table It would be a disastrous mistake. ” They insisted that “the right to asylum and the right to asylum” is not incompatible. ”

Grandi, whose term of office will be filled at the end of this year, condemned the erosion of respect for international law in some developed countries and said that most of the refugees were accepted by the poor.

“For example, I am worried that existing debates in Europe and some existing deportation practices such as the United States will touch out real challenges that are not consistent with international law.”

US Foreign Ministry spokesman Tommy Pigott defended the US’s migration and migration policies and said: Trump’s speech in the United Nations “It was an call for action against destructive policies that encouraged the mass and illegal migration implemented by globalist bureaucrats for years.”

“Our actions are in line with US laws and the will of the American people who demand a legal migration system,” Pigott said.

Grandi also mentioned some optimistic developments: more than 1 million refugees from Syria now i’m returned home. In the conflict of the Eastern Congo between Rwanda -backed forces and the Congo Armed Forces, a “light of hope” emerged.

“Through the United States’s peace efforts, we can start thinking about stability and feedback – rather than just talking about more blood shedding or more refugees,” he said.