$ 250 million from the Foreign Aid Fund is to be allocated to finance returns to countries of people who fled to the USA from the conflict zones, including 700 thousand Ukrainian and Haitan migrants – results from internal projects of documents discussed by the daily.
At the beginning of May, the US National Security Ministry announced that immigrants staying in the United States without appropriate permits will receive $ 1,000 and avoid penalties if they report through a special application and They will voluntarily leave the country. The ministry claims that this will reduce the costs of deportation, which currently amount to 17,000 dollars per person – said CNN.
USA. The “voluntary” deportation program not only for Ukrainians
The proposal developed by the Trump administration is unusual because it includes people who have escaped with one of the most dangerous parts of the world and is to skip the International Migration Organization (IOM) – noted “Washington Post”.
In addition to Ukrainians and Haitians, the documents also mentioned Afghans, Palestinians, Libyans, Sudanians, Syrians and Yemenians. They can also be covered by the so -called voluntary deportation to your countries. The project indicates that IOM does not support returns to any of them. The organization did not answer the request for comment.
A spokeswoman for the National Security Ministry Tricia McLaughlin assessed the presented documents as “outdated”. She added that the final decision on the protective status for Ukrainians and Haitans has not yet been made.
Deportations from the USA. A contract worth $ 250 million signed
Last week The National Security Ministry and the Department of State have concluded a contractwhich provides for the same process and also covers $ 250 million from the Foreign Aid Fund. However, no specific nationalities have been mentioned that will be covered by the program.
Critics of this proposal believe that urging people to return to countries where they can be killed is inhuman. They also wonder if this is the abuse of a fund for foreign help.
“Washington Post” pointed out that the State Department It is advising against traveling to both Ukraine and Haiti due to the serious risk for safety. Pursuant to international law, refugees should not be turned to their countries, If there is a threat to their lives or freedom.
During the presidency of Joe Biden, Ukrainians and Haitans received “temporary protective status”, which allows them to remain in the US when they cannot return safely to their countries. The documents he saw “Washington Post” shows that over 200,000 Ukrainians and 500,000 Haitians can be covered by the “voluntary deportation” program.
On Monday The US authorities sent the first 64 people to Honduras and Colombia as part of a program encouraging “voluntary deportation”.
The project encouraging “self -prophet” is part of President Trump's extensive campaign against illegal immigration. As part of this campaign, the US administration also sent hundreds of foreigners to prison for terrorists in El Salvador, citing the eighteenth-century war regulations.