US Deports First Migrant to Pacific Nation Palau
Palau agreed to accept up to 75 deportees and received $7.5 million in US support under the December resettlement deal.
- The United States has begun deporting migrants to Palau, following President Donald Trump's accelerated efforts to expel asylum seekers to nations including Uganda and Rwanda.
- Under a December agreement, Palau accepted up to 75 deportees in exchange for $7.5 million from the United States to support what it called "public service and infrastructure needs" for the Pacific nation.
- The first arrival departed after about two weeks, according to Palau President Surangel Whipps's office, while The International Organisation for Migration told AFP, "The individual declined to avail of IOM's assistance."
- Though the government welcomed the initial arrival, the deal remains contentious; Palau leaders unsuccessfully attempted to block the deportations, and the deportee's current location remains unexplained.
- Palau, a Pacific archipelago of 20,000 people, maintains a longstanding "Compact of Free Association" with the United States, and Palau President Surangel Whipps has overseen expanding military interests including a proposed radar outpost.
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The small Pacific island nation will accept a total of 75 people for $7.5 million, but it is not certain that they will stay there.
The small Pacific island nation has agreed to take in up to 75 deportees from the United States.
U.S. President Trump is well known for his hard deportation policy. He is right to do so with little success. The Pacific state of Palau declares itself ready to accept 75 unwanted migrants from the US - and receives millions in return.
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AlKhaleej TodayFirst US deportee arrives in Pacific nation Palau but leaves after two weeks, officials say
SYDNEY, July 1 — The United States has started deporting migrants to a sparsely populated archipelago in the tropical Pacific, the island nation of Palau told AFP today.Washington has accelerated efforts to expel undocumented migrants and asylum seekers under US President Donald Trump, proposing to resettle them in unlikely nations such as Uganda, El Salvador and Rwanda.One of the smallest countries in the world by population, Palau has agreed t…
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