Nobel winner Malala slams Trump's child separation policy

 

Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai attends a meeting with teenage girls from Complexo da Penha who work with football organization Street Child United at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

 

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai described as "cruel" a policy launched by U.S. President Donald Trump to separate children of illegal immigrants from their families, during her first visit to South America to promote girls' education.

 

More than 2,300 children were separated from their parents after the Trump administration began a "zero tolerance" policy on illegal immigrants in early May, seeking to prosecute all adults who cross the border illegally from Mexico into the United States. Trump stopped separating families last month following public outrage and court challenges.

 

"This is cruel, this is unfair and this is inhumane. I don't know how anyone could do that," Yousafzai told Reuters on Wednesday. "I hope that the children can be together with their parents."

 

Her stern words contrasted with her effusive praise last year for Canada's embrace of refugees under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. At the World Economic Forum in Davos this year, Malala also questioned Trump's record on women's rights.

 

Yousafzai, known widely by her first name, was visiting Rio de Janeiro to kick off the expansion of her education charity, the Malala Fund, into Latin America, starting with Brazil.

 

Her aim in Brazil, Latin America's largest economy, is to advocate for more public spending on education, a tall task after the country passed a constitutional amendment freezing federal spending in real terms for two decades in order to reduce public debt.

 

She also hopes to get an estimated 1.5 million girls currently not in school into the classroom, with a special focus on minority groups who lag white children on key indicators like literacy and secondary school completion.

 

"It is important for us to reach the indigenous and the Afro-Brazilian population in Brazil. Those girls are facing many challenges," Malala said in an interview.

 

In 2014, Malala was made the world's youngest Nobel laureate, honoured for her work with her foundation, a charity she set up to support education advocacy groups with a focus on Pakistan, Nigeria, Jordan, Syria and Kenya.

 

The group's Brazil presence kicked off with a $700,000 three-year grant for three Brazilian female activists focused on education issues. Malala says she hopes to expand elsewhere in Latin America.

 

Earlier this year, the 20-year-old returned home to Pakistan for the first time since a Taliban gunman shot her in the head in 2012 over her blog advocating girls' education.

 

Weeks ahead of presidential elections in Pakistan, Malala is ruling out politics for herself for now.

 

"I'm still talking to leaders and ensuring that they prioritize education in their policy," she said. "It's easier that way than when you're on the inside."

 

(Reporting by Alexandra Alper; Editing by Leslie Adler)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-07-12

Kind of behind the times Malala, they changed their position weeks ago, and Trump didn't make the rules, that was done many years before.  

I hope she knows what she's saying.  Getting to lose sympathy for her. Stay out of politics and mind your domestic mess.

Malala... who cares what you think?  you had a terrible experience and now you are mega-rich and the liberals darling so stick to that and be thankful.

Out of her depth, she should stick to woman's lack of rights in the Islamic world

First of all, it's not "His Policy"...Before you speak, let your words pass through four gates: "Is it true?" "Is it necessary?" "Is it kind?" and most important, "Did you check your <deleted>@king FACTS!"

34 minutes ago, doggie1955 said:

First of all, it's not "His Policy"...Before you speak, let your words pass through four gates: "Is it true?" "Is it necessary?" "Is it kind?" and most important, "Did you check your <deleted>@king FACTS!"

Zero tolerance was not his policy? Was it policy before Trump to separate children from their parents?  Where do you get your misinformation from?

Ah Malala one of my hero’s one brave little lady you are so right there is no need to attack and jail people who come to you asking for protection I am sad to say trump is a disgusting pig and has no soul he is unamerican and is quite possibility a traitor 

Wish the little know it all,do-gooder troll would go and change things in her home country of Pakistan, seems a lot of worse things happening there.

4 hours ago, jonnn said:

I hope she knows what she's saying.  Getting to lose sympathy for her. Stay out of politics and mind your domestic mess.

She's just news horny...

she shoud never have been brought to uk for her operation.all her family where given jobs and a big house.

And you know who agrees with the right wing loons slandering Malala?

The Taliban.

You guys are in fitting company. And by that I mean subject to fits.

You can always rely on Thai Visa can't you?

 

Barking frothing racists to the fore.

 

Post 11 is a particular classic!

Edited July 12, 20187 yr by JAG

On 7/12/2018 at 11:09 AM, bristolboy said:

And you know who agrees with the right wing loons slandering Malala?

The Taliban.

You guys are in fitting company. And by that I mean subject to fits.

Spot. On.

 

Swap the Afghanistan for Pattaya and you have the same mob in a different guise. 

 

She dared to be educated and have a voice so people tried to execute her. 

 

She speaks up here and the TV taliban come out of the woodwork to give a verbal touch up. 

 

Its the same intolerance. 

Edited July 13, 20187 yr by samran