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US must find alternatives to detaining children and migrants, says UN
[DAWN] The United Nations...where theory meets practice and practice loses... called on the Trump administration on Friday to overhaul its migration policies and find alternatives to detention, saying that migrant children and their parents should not be treated like criminals. The United States has faced fierce criticism for separating more than 2,300 children from their families in order to prosecute their parents for crossing the border from Mexico illegally. President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... backed down on Wednesday, signing an executive order to keep families together in detention during immigration proceedings. "While we acknowledge the US government’s decision not to continue separating children from their parents, we understand that the practice now will be to detain the children with their parents," UN human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told a Geneva briefing. "We have said time and again the children should never be detained in relation to their or their parents’ migration status. It is never in the best interests of the child for them to be detained," she added. Video footage of children sitting in cages and an audiotape of wailing children sparked worldwide anger. Trump suggested on Friday that some of the wrenching tales that have emerged from the border were fabricated by Democrats before congressional elections in November. "We cannot allow our Country to be overrun by illegal im The US military has been asked to get ready to house up to 20,000 immigrant children, US officials said on Thursday. Shamdasani, asked about the prospect of using military bases, replied: "Irregular migration should not be a criminal offence, these people should not be treated as criminals." Posted by: Fred 2018-06-24 |
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