Not even Israel was with us on this one.The United Nations on Friday completed an agreement on improved ways to handle the global flow of migrants — a pact particularly notable because it was boycotted by a huge and influential member, the United States.
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The United States had initially participated in the negotiations, but it abruptly withdrew last December under orders from the Trump administration, which has taken an increasingly hostile view toward cross-border migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. It argued that such multinational agreements subverted the power of individual governments to control national borders.
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The United States was involved in the original talks that began after a 2016 declaration by all 193 members of the United Nations to create new mechanisms for protecting the rights of migrants and refugees by ensuring their safe resettlement and access to employment and education.
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“We still have 192 countries that agreed on the text of the compact, and we keep the door open for the U.S. to come back,” Miroslav Lajcak, current president of the United Nations General Assembly, said during a Friday news conference after the agreement was announced.
The agreement is expected to be formally adopted in December during a meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco, but members of the United Nations rose and applauded as the agreement was announced at its New York headquarters.
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...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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