WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The United States has halted a program that united African refugees with relatives in America after DNA testing revealed many people were lying about family links, the State Department said on Wednesday.
Thousands of Africans have been allowed to settle in the United States since 1990 under the family reunification program, which accepts relatives such as parents or children of people who have already been admitted into the United States as refugees, or who were granted asylum.
But recent DNA tests on applicants in seven African countries showed only about 20 percent actually had a family relationship, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said. more..http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20434745.htm
Thousands of Africans have been allowed to settle in the United States since 1990 under the family reunification program, which accepts relatives such as parents or children of people who have already been admitted into the United States as refugees, or who were granted asylum.
But recent DNA tests on applicants in seven African countries showed only about 20 percent actually had a family relationship, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said. more..http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20434745.htm
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