UN pushes for migrants to be called refugees

“United Nations officials are pushing for many of the Central Americans fleeing to the U.S. to be treated as refugees displaced by armed conflict, a designation meant to increase pressure on the United States to accept tens of thousands of people currently ineligible for asylum.”

See Article: UN pushes for migrants to be called refugees

This entry was posted in News on by .

About Jose Calderon

Jose Zapata Calderon is Emeritus Professor in Sociology and Chicano/a Latino/a Studies at Pitzer College, Past President of the Latino and Latina Roundtable of the Pomona Valley and San Gabriel Valley, and a community-based sociologist, educator, author, and organizer.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *