Trump administration orders US embassy to collect data on migrant crime in Australia. By Michael Koziol in The SMH.

A senior State Department official said the administration had instructed diplomats at its embassy in Canberra to “begin collecting data and reporting on migrant-related crimes and human rights abuses facilitated by people of a migration background”.

Similar cables were sent last week to all US embassies in Europe, as well as Canada and New Zealand …

[This comes as part of the Trump administration’s]  global drive to combat mass migration, which it describes as “an existential threat to Western civilisation”. …

Warning:

The senior State Department official, who spoke on condition of not being named, said the US government was concerned a large influx of migrants could strain markets, naming Australia’s housing crisis as an example.

“Beyond that, we want to caution the Australians,” he told this masthead. “We love the Australian people … We just want to warn our friends that if you import a rapid number of individuals of any background, particularly of a culture that’s radically different from Australia’s, without any sort of mechanism for diffusing the impact, that can lead to political unrest, that can lead to economic instability.” 

Well, duh.