Palau lawmakers reject US request to accept third country refugees


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  • Monday, 28 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: A drone view of Palau’s national Capitol Building, in Ngerulmud, Palau April 11, 2025. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) -The national congress of Palau has said it "cannot accept" a United States proposal for the Pacific Islands nation to accept asylum seekers from third countries, as its president holds annual funding talks in Washington.

Palau's national congress wrote to President Surangel Whipps Jr. earlier this month urging him to reject the request by the Trump Administration.

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