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Regional leaders put to the test before Trump: will they accept immigrants?
The US State Department has confirmed news that Washington has begun talks with Balkan countries to decide on the migrants to be deported from there. The reaction came in a response to Radio Free Europe, as the State Department preferred not to comment on the details of the Bloomberg article, which first reported the news.
The United States, it is stated in response, does not comment on the details of diplomatic communication with other countries, within the framework of the strategy for the deportation of foreign citizens without regular status.
" American partners and regional leaders are working closely with us to end the crisis of illegal and mass migration ," the US State Department stressed, adding that implementing the Trump administration's migration policy is one of its top priorities.
" The removal from the United States of aliens for whom final orders of removal exist, as well as the deportation of illegal immigrants, protects the United States from foreign terrorists and other threats to national security and public order ," the response states.
The US Department of State also emphasized that continued cooperation with foreign governments is key to preventing illegal and mass migration, as well as border security.
" As Secretary of State [Marco] Rubio has said, we remain committed to ending mass illegal migration and strengthening the security of America's borders. In this regard, every country must urgently accept the return of its citizens who have no legal basis to remain in the United States ," the State Department stressed.
In some cases, the response also states, cooperation may be sought with other countries to facilitate the removal from the United States of third-country nationals who have no legal basis to remain in the United States.
Bloomberg News reported on June 5 that President Trump's administration is pressuring Serbia and other Balkan countries to accept migrants deported from the United States.
That same day, Radio Free Europe asked the Kosovo Government whether the US administration had also sent it such a request, but received no response.
In April, the Wall Street Journal also reported that Washington is considering the possibility of deporting migrants to Moldova, Kosovo and other Balkan countries.
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