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C. Wars and revolutions create millions of refugees. However, it was the systematic murder of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust of World War II that triggered widespread laws after to protect people fleeing persecution. Earlier, the United States and most other nations had turned away thousands of Jews trying to escape Nazi terror.
D. The United States has paid at least $32 million to some of the world’s most corrupt and authoritarian regimes to detain migrants. It paid more than $1 million each to send seven migrants to Rwanda, but Equatorial Guinea took 29 people for $7.5 million. The U.S. warns residents that South Sudan is too dangerous to visit, but it sent deportees from Asia and Latin America to that nation.
C. In less than 15 years of existence, South Sudan has been torn by civil war, ethnic violence, and rampant human rights abuse. It also ranks last on the United Nations’ Human Development Index. The Associated Press, whose journalists were arrested in Cameroon, reported the United States has made third-party deportation deals with at least 45 nations.
B. China has imprisoned 121 journalists, followed by Russia with 48 prisoners. Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has jailed 47 journalists, and Belarus has 33 prisoners. There are 503 journalists imprisoned worldwide. Reporters Without Borders also said 67 journalists were killed for doing their jobs during the latest 12-month period.