‘Profound Concern’: UN Refugee Agency Claims US Border Rules Are Too Tough [barf alert]

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Posted on 10/01/2024 11:02:22 PM PDT by blueplum

A United Nations agency expressed “profound concern” on Monday over the Biden administration’s updated asylum restrictions along the U.S-Mexico border.

...the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) condemned the move in a public statement and called on the White House to reconsider....Matthew Reynolds, UNHCR Representative to the U.S. and the Caribbean, stated. “The regulation severely curtails access to protection for people fleeing conflict, persecution, and violence...Limiting or blocking such access is a violation of international refugee law and the humanitarian principles...”

Biden on Monday tweaked the threshold at which the partial asylum ban would be deactivated...deactivating the asylum restrictions would only happen after the seven-day average remains below 1,500 for 28 days....

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the original calls for the 7-day average to be below 2,500 for over 2 weeks before lifting restrictions. The new version calls for the 7-day average to be below 1,500 over 28 days before lifting restrictions. The majority of asylum seekers are not from conflict zones.

1 posted on 10/01/2024 11:02:22 PM PDT by blueplum

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2 posted on 10/01/2024 11:25:50 PM PDT by joshua c

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