By Humeyra Pamuk

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration last week ordered U.S. diplomats abroad to lobby against pro-migration policies and raise concerns over what it says are migrant populations committing violent crimes, according to a State Department cable seen by Reuters.

The cable, sent on Friday to dozens of U.S. embassies across Europe, Canada and Australia, argues that crime and human rights abuses linked to mass migration and “individuals of a migration background” were a significant concern in Europe and the West. It says these incidents threaten public safety and social cohesion around the world.

It instructs U.S. missions to report to Washington on such crimes and abuses and to provide analysis of how the host country reacts, while pushing the governments to reform

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