Could the Biden administration pressure Australia to adopt more humane refugee policies?
- Written by Claire Higgins, Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised the US would demonstrate “global leadership on refugees”. Once elected, he pledged to vastly increase refugee resettlement in the US.
If history is any guide, the new president’s forward-thinking approach could help drive Australia’s commitments to refugee protection, as well.
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