Overview
- An official cable dated Nov. 21 instructs U.S. embassies in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to document crimes attributed to people described as having a migration background and to lobby host governments to tighten migration policies using provided talking points.
- A State Department spokesperson called mass migration a human rights issue that regularly leads to increased violent crime but offered no supporting data when asked.
- The directive orders missions to report cases such as sexual assaults, trafficking and violent attacks and to analyze how host countries respond.
- Reporting indicates the United Kingdom was singled out in the guidance, with references to allegations of organized rape gangs used to press British authorities on migration-related crime.
- The move formalizes a broader effort to export restrictive migration policies, following a record-low U.S. refugee admissions cap of 7,500 for fiscal 2026 and earlier calls for allies to roll back asylum protections.