Overview
- Palau and the United States confirmed a memorandum of understanding under which up to 75 non‑American migrants in the U.S. may relocate to Palau.
- Palau’s minister of state, Gustav Aitaro, and U.S. Ambassador Joel Ehrendreich signed the agreement after a call between President Surangel Whipps Jr. and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau.
- Relocated individuals have not been charged with crimes and will be permitted to live and work in Palau to help fill labor shortages.
- Palau will approve admissions case by case, with each person vetted through the national working group, according to Whipps’s office.
- Washington also pledged support beyond the $7.5 million grant, including a new hospital, disaster‑response upgrades, $6 million for pension reforms, and $2 million for law‑enforcement initiatives within the countries’ longstanding Compact of Free Association.