VP Pence informs Australia the US will still honor the acceptance of 1200 refugees – PB/TK
U.S. will honor refugee agreement that Trump called ‘worst deal ever,’ Pence says – By Allan Pike April 22 2017
The White House will not walk away from an agreement to accept roughly 1,200 refugees and asylum-seekers from a notoriously grim Australian refugee camp, Vice President Mike Pence said, despite President Donald Trump’s angry reluctance to fulfill the pledge made by his predecessor.
The men, women, and children seeking to come to the United States have been stuck in island camps for years after the conservative Australian government relocated them. Conditions in the camps are rough, defined by neglect, privation, and disease, according to human rights observers.
Trump had sought to wriggle out of America’s promise to resettle the refugees, who Australian leaders have refused to permanently accept. But at a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Saturday, Pence affirmed that Washington will keep its promises to Sydney.
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