Boris Johnson’s government has reaffirmed its commitment to the United Nations’ controversial Global Compact for Migration, rejected by the Trump administration in the United States, and by conservative-led governments in countries including Australia, Poland, and Hungary.
The United Nations (UN) is urging countries around the world to release illegal migrants from detention in response to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, and highlighted steps towards giving them “access to healthcare, housing, and other services”.
Internal documents reveal that Brussels plans to incorporate the controversial UN migration pact into the EU’s legal framework “through the back door”, Austria and Hungary have warned.
Austria’s decision to leave the UN Migration Compact while holding the European Union’s rotating presidency brought “shame” on the bloc by aligning it with U.S. President Donald Trump, EU forces have angrily proclaimed.
The British Parliament has refused to debate a petition calling for the UK to reject the UN compact on migration as it “has already been agreed by the UK Government.”
Hungarian Cabinet spokesman Zoltán Kovács has said pro-migrant proposals agreed by the UN and EU show they “are serious about legalising illegal migration, contrary to the will of the people.”
(AFP) — Parts of France have become “unlivable” because of migrants, Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has said, using rhetoric similar to Donald Trump’s before he became the U.S. president.
Belgian prime minister Charles Michel has been forced to hand in his notice after anger over the UN migration compact brought the country’s government down.
The French army is reportedly considering disciplinary action against generals who allegedly referred to French president Emmanuel Macron as a “traitor” for signing the UN Global Compact for Migration.
The British government has finally issued a response to the rapidly growing official petition against the United Nations Global Compact for Migration.
The face of the UN Migration Pact German Chancellor Angela Merkel has hailed the agreement signed Monday as good for migrants and the world, while populist anti-mass migration French politician Marine Le Pen has warned it will “forever change” the face of France.
More than 750 million people want to migrate to another country permanently, according to Gallup research published Monday, as 150 world leaders signed up to the controversial UN global compact which critics say makes migration a human right.
France and Germany have said that countries which reject migrants should be forced to pay to be excused from the European Union’s redistribution programme.
MPs must consider an official petition against the United Nations Global Compact for Migration after it smashed 100,000 signatures.
BRUSSELS (AP) — Just days before scores of countries sign up to a landmark United Nations migration pact, a number of European Union nations have begun joining the list of those not willing to endorse the agreement.
Dutch Yellow Vests have planned action across The Netherlands to protest against “political correctness,” immigration policies, and to call for the resignation of liberal Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
