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There's unease and confusion in Palau over a deal the Government has made with the US to accept deportees.
On Christmas Eve, President Surangel Whipps Jr announced a deal had been made to accept up to 75 deportees from the US in exchange for US$7.5 million in aid. The agreement will allow "third-country nationals" who have not been charged with a crime, and whose home countries won't accept them back, to live and work in Palau.
In his statement on social media, President Whipps described the deal as "a decision about people seeking safety and stability and about the serious migration pressures faced by the United States".
The US Embassy in Koror said "the United States deeply appreciates Palau's cooperation i
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