US EditionPalau Signs Memo with Trump Administration to Take 75 Migrants From US
Palau will accept up to 75 vetted migrants to fill workforce gaps in exchange for $7.5 million in U.S. aid to support public services, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Palau Minister of State Gustav Aitaro and U.S. Ambassador Joel Ehrendreich signed a deal for Palau to accept up to 75 migrants in exchange for $7.5 million in aid.
- In recent weeks, U.S. moves to terminate nearly 5,000 asylum cases set the backdrop, while officials framed the deal as rooted in the Compact of Free Association and long-standing U.S.-Palau ties.
- President Surangel Whipps Jr. said the arrivals will be vetted through Palau's national working group and evaluated case-by-case, with individuals allowed to reside and seek employment.
- Palau's Congress had twice rejected similar transfers, and the plan prompted local opposition among roughly 18,000 inhabitants while senior officials and the Council of Chiefs cited limited capacity.
- The State Department said Landau and Whipps spoke Tuesday about partnering to strengthen Palau's health care, fight transnational crime and bolster its pension system; other developing nations like Eswatini, Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda have also agreed to or considered taking U.S. deportees.
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