US decision to slash refugee admissions reverberates globally
by editors@theworld.org (Joyce Hackel) from The World: Latest Stories on (#7175G)
The Trump administration has decided to cap refugee admissions to a record low
of 7,500 resettlement slots, prioritizing white Afrikaners from South Africa. Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, head of Global Refuge, tells Host Carolyn Beeler that the change in policy will dismantle a program that for decades has assisted individuals from around the world fleeing conflict and persecution.