Australian authorities will come under scrutiny after a U.S. directive instructed its embassies to study the potential impact of mass migration on public safety and human rights.
In a statement posted on X, the U.S. Department of State said “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization and undermines the stability of key American allies.”
“Officials will also report policies that punish citizens who object to continued mass migration and document crimes and human rights abuses committed by people of a migration background,” the statement read.
The Department pointed to several examples including:
“In the United Kingdom, thousands of girls have been victimised in Rotherham, Oxford, and Newcastle by grooming gangs involving migrant men.
“Many girls were left to suffer unspeakable abuse for years before authorities stepped in.
“In Sweden, an Eritrean migrant convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl was allowed to remain in the country after a judge ruled that the incident was not an ‘exceptionally serious crime’ and did not warrant deportation.”
Further examples were given, including the gang rape of a 15-year-old German girl, and a case where a German woman who insulted one of the rapists online was given a harsher sentence than the perpetrators themselves.
“U.S. officials will now scrutinise policies in Western nations that give leniency to migrant crime and human rights abuses, or that create two-tiered systems that prioritise migrants at the expense of their own citizens,” the department added.
The State Department said it supported the sovereignty of its allies and stands ready to assist to solve the “global crisis of mass migration.”
The Epoch Times contacted both the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the U.S. Embassy in Canberra for comment.
However, state leaders will likely face scrutiny for their handling of law and order, while federal authorities will face questions on their migration policies.
Greens MP Accuses Trump Administration of Interfering With Other Governments
Meanwhile, Australian Greens MP David Shoebridge condemned the policy as a “dangerous export of the Trump administration,” in comments to the ABC.Shoebridge said it was part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “right-wing, anti-migrant policies,” and accused the administration of not showing restraint with interfering in overseas governments.
“The U.S. vice president has said that he wants U.S. power—U.S. trade power, U.S. diplomatic power, U.S. economic power—to lecture and force the United States’ allies to change their immigration policies, change other domestic policies.
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According to the most recent Australian Bureau of Statistics data, 14 percent of prisoners in the country were born overseas, including New Zealand, the UK, and Vietnam among the highest groups.CSA data also shows a 33 percent increase in the number of crimes committed by Sudanese-born criminals across Victoria in the past few years.
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