Friday, 26 July 2019

US and Guatemala reach agreement to restrict asylum applications

Immigrant rights advocates say the ‘safe third country’ agreement is cruel and unlawful

Donald Trump announced Friday that Guatemala was signing an agreement to restrict asylum applications to the US, a move that immigrant rights advocates said was cruel and unlawful.

The so-called “safe third country” agreement would require migrants, including Salvadorans and Hondurans, who cross into Guatemala on their way to the US to apply for protections in Guatemala instead of at the US border.

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