China tries to turn tables on West after criticism by UN Human Rights Council members
- Beijing says it is ‘concerned by the violations of the rights of refugees and migrants by countries such as the United States, the UK, Australia and Canada’
- UN sessions on migration and housing provide the latest battlegrounds for continued geopolitical sniping
China has attacked the United States, Australia, Canada and Britain over their records on migrants and refugees, continuing a blistering war of words with the West at the UN Human Rights Council this week.
Wednesday was the third day in which soaring geopolitical tensions spilled over into hearings, with sessions on migration and housing providing the latest battlegrounds.
A member of the Chinese mission to the UN said Beijing was “seriously concerned by the violations of the rights of refugees and migrants by countries such as the United States, the UK, Australia and Canada”.
“These countries kept migrants in prolonged detention in detention centres in poor conditions, lacking food, water, medical care and other basic services, resulting in large number of global deaths among migrants,” he said.
