Obama Pushes Refugee Resettlement at U.N., Ignores Growing U.S. Resistance
Published:
Wed, Sep 21st 2016 @ 2:41 pm EDT
President Barack Obama attended a United Nations conference on refugees and migrants, and hosted a summit on refugees, where he pushed attending nations to expand resettlement and financial commitments. Obama touted his plans to increase U.S. resettlement, which are faring better on the world stage than at home.
In his U.N. speech Obama said resettlement would make the world more secure and warned against “alternative visions” that reject global integration. He was in part talking about the Brexit vote although, with increasing public resistance to resettlement in the European Union, other leaders face political risks for making new commitments. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, for example, who took in more than 1 million refugees last year alone, did not even attend the conference after her political party suffered significant election losses due to her refugee policy. In the end, the U.N. conference produced an agreement that sets broad goals but is non-binding and avoids new commitments.
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