Biden: India and Japan are ‘xenophobic’ and do not welcome immigrants

Biden: India and Japan are ‘xenophobic’ and do not welcome immigrants
Joe Biden called Japan and India ‘xenophobic’ at a campaign fundraiser (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

President Joe Biden has called Japan and India “xenophobic” countries that do not welcome immigrants, lumping the two with adversaries China and Russia as he tried to explain their economic circumstances and contrasted the four with the US on immigration.

The remarks, at a campaign fundraising event on Wednesday evening, came just three weeks after the White House hosted Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida for a lavish official visit, during which the two leaders celebrated what Mr Biden called an “unbreakable alliance”, particularly on global security matters.

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