Donald Trump wants to smash the development agency USAID. However, the stop of the aids could harm his migration plans – and trigger crises worldwide.
The background: Trump’s government had largely smashed the development agency USAID and affiliated the remnants to the Foreign Ministry. 1,600 jobs are to be deleted. Trump described the development aid authority as a “bunch of radical crazy”, his consultant Elon Musk spoke of USA as a “criminal organization” that “had to be turned” by the chopper “. A total of around $ 2 billion in payment obligations are said to have been frozen. The decision could soon fall on the feet to the US President.
U.S.ID previously maintained health and emergency aid programs in around 120 countries all over the world. The United States are the largest mountain country in the field of development aid worldwide. The annual budget of USAID is the equivalent of around 39.5 billion euros. The health and supply of food from millions of people, especially in Africa, Asia and Latin America, depend on payments from the USA. If the auxiliary funds are missing, there is a threat of a global refugee movement – also towards the USA.
In 2023, according to the government, USAID transferred the equivalent of almost 370 million euros to Colombia. Washington Colombian thus supported Washington in crisis areas in which the government is still militarily against guerrillas, drug gangs and paramilitaries. It was only in January that violent battles in the border region to Venezuela did tens of thousands of civilians flee.
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Around two million people fled to Colombia from the neighboring country due to the precarious economic situation and violations of human rights. The US millions also arrived in these refugees, supported them and ultimately also ensured that fewer people continue north and to the USA. In Peru and Brazil, too, programs are affected by the U.S.ID stop to support the refugees.
According to data from the UN refugee commissioner, around 7.8 million Venezuelans have left their country by last May. 85 percent of them settled in Latin America and the Caribbean. Since then, even more people may have turned their backs on Venezuela, because after the false elections around the presidency, the regime of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela has taken Hart against the opposition. If the help in the adjacent countries fails because the necessary funds are missing, the Venezuelans could move on. Despite the restrictive migration policy under Trump, the United States is a goal for refugees.
Of all things, Trump’s plans to deport millions of people from the USA are now cracking. Trump relied on nations, who initially offered their help. The United States pushed hundreds of migrants from Asia, Africa and the Middle East, which could not simply be traced back to their home countries, to Panama and Costa Rica, where the authorities locked them in mass accommodation.
