Rt Hon Winston Peters Acting Prime
Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs
MEDIA STATEMENT
21 June 2018
Foreign
Affairs Minister Winston Peters has welcomed the change in
United States policy that will no longer see children being
separated from their parents at the Mexico-US border.
“Separating families at the southern border was
concerning to many New Zealanders. New Zealand Cabinet
Ministers and MPs were concerned as well,” said Mr
Peters.
“The coalition government conveyed its
concerns to the US Embassy in Wellington yesterday
afternoon. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials
phoned Embassy officials to relay the New Zealand
government’s views.
“It appears the US President
has heeded the outcry on this matter by signing of new
Executive Order which allows “family unity”.
“The practice of separating children from their parents
and detaining them was simply not a humanitarian approach
and any reversal of that practice should be welcomed,” he
said.
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