Washington, D.C. (September 25, 2018) - Just days after announcing a lower refugee-resettlement ceiling for the coming fiscal year, the Trump administration is poised to endorse the UN's Global Compact on Refugees, which is in total contradiction to the administration's refugee policies. View the full blog post at: https://www.cis.org/Rush/US-Poised-Week-Endorse-UN-Refugee-Compact-Contradicts-Administration-Goals The final text of the Global Compact on Refugees was released late July. This refugee compact is expected to be adopted by UN member states (including the United States) at the 73rd General Assembly in New York later this week. The UN refugee compact seeks:
- More resettlement places while using expedited modalities
- More family reunification for resettled refugees
- Complementary pathways for refugees through private sponsorship programs
Meanwhile, the Trump administration lowered the refugee ceiling to 30,000 from 45,000 (both the lowest determinations since the refugee resettlement program was created in 1980). The reasoning behind such low ceilings is two-fold: Improving the screening and vetting of resettlement candidates and reducing the untenable asylum backlog.
Nayla Rush, a fellow at the Center and the author of the report, wrote, "It is puzzling that the Trump administration remains committed to this UN compact, especially after it already pulled out of a separate agreement related to migration. President Trump is carrying on with a refugee process that was started under President Obama, which totally contradicts his own administration's policies. Why sign it?"
Contact:
Marguerite Telford
Director of Communications, Center for Immigration Studies
(202) 466-8185
mrt@cis.org
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