Amnesty slams Trump-led ‘politics of hate’

The "politics of demonization" provided fertile ground for human rights abuses in 2017, exemplified by the response of Europe and Donald Trump's US to the refugee-crisis, rights group Amnesty said Thursday in its annual report, reports AFP from London. The British-based group took particular aim at the US president's "transparently hateful" executive order banning entry to citizens of several Muslim-majority countries.
"Throughout 2017, millions across the world experienced the bitter fruits of a rising politics of demonization," said the report, which was launched this year for the first time in the United States. It accused leaders of wealthy countries of approaching the refugee crisis "with a blend of evasion and outright callousness".
"Most European leaders have been unwilling to grapple with the big challenge of regulating migration safely and legally, and have decided that practically nothing is off limits in their efforts to keep refugees away from the continent's shores," it added.

 

Amnesty slams Trump-led politics of hate

The politics of demonization provided fertile ground for human rights abuses in 2017, exemplified by the response of Europe and Donald Trumps US to the refugee-crisis, rights group Amnesty said Thursday in its annual report, reports AFP from London. The British-based group took particular aim at the US presidents transparently hateful executive order banning entry to citizens of several Muslim-majority countries. Throughout 2017, millions across the world experienced the bitter fruits of a rising politics of demonization, said the report, which was launched this year for the first time in the United States. It accused leaders of wealthy countries of approaching the refugee crisis with a blend of evasion and outright callousness. Most European leaders have been unwilling to grapple with the big challenge of regulating migration safely and legally, and have decided that practically nothing is off limits in their efforts to keep refugees away from the continents shores, it added.