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Trump Trumpets Peace in Africa Amid War on Drug Boats, in Day of Dissonance

Trump Trumpets Peace in Africa Amid War on Drug Boats, in Day of Dissonance
President Trump presided over a Congo-Rwanda peace deal on the same day his administration was being questioned about potential war crimes.
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Uganda stops granting refugee status for Eritreans, Somalis and Ethiopians

Uganda stops granting refugee status for Eritreans, Somalis and Ethiopians
Uganda stops granting refugee status for Eritreans, Somalis and Ethiopians

Government once seen as progressive on migration says aid cuts to blame for excluding countries ‘not experiencing war’

The Ugandan government has stopped granting asylum and refugee status to people from Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia, citing severe funding shortfalls for the significant policy shift.

Hillary Onek, Uganda’s minister for refugees, announced that the government would no longer grant the status to new arrivals from countries “not experiencing war”.

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Trump calls Somali immigrants ‘garbage’ as US reportedly targets Minnesota community

Trump calls Somali immigrants ‘garbage’ as US reportedly targets Minnesota community
Trump calls Somali immigrants ‘garbage’ as US reportedly targets Minnesota community

US president’s xenophobic rant comes amid reports of ramped-up deportation efforts in Ilhan Omar’s district

Donald Trump on Tuesday called Somali immigrants “garbage” and said they should be sent back home in a rant that came as the administration is reportedly increasing immigration enforcement against undocumented Somalis in Minnesota.

In a xenophobic rant during a cabinet meeting, Trump went off on Somalis and Ilhan Omar, the congressional representative who is from Somalia and is a US citizen. He said Somalia “stinks” and is “no good for a reason”.

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Trump administration pauses all immigration applications from 19 non-European countries

Trump administration pauses all immigration applications from 19 non-European countries

Pause, including Afghanistan and Somalia, indicates plan to tie US security to increased focus on legal immigration

Immigration applications from 19 countries subjected to a travel ban by the Trump administration earlier this year have been paused indefinitely because of national security concerns, the US government agency that processes visas and green cards has said.

A policy memo posted on Tuesday to the website of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), part of the homeland security department, also places an immediate “adjudicative hold” on all asylum applications regardless of a person’s nationality, and directs a review of aliens from “high risk countries of concern” admitted to the US after 20 January 2021, the first day of the Biden administration.

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