The U.S. government said on Saturday that it had no plans to send asylum seekers...
GUATEMALA CITY/WASHINGTON - The U.S. government said on Saturday that it had no plans to send asylum seekers to remote regions in Guatemala after the Central American country floated the plan during negotiations for a bilateral migration agreement this week.
Guatemala’s Interior Minister Enrique Degenhart, who met officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday, told Reuters the government was considering accepting arriving asylum seekers at remote airports far from the country’s capital of Guatemala City. The proposal raised concerns among immigration advocates who fear for the safety of vulnerable migrants in places that are potentially far from services. The proposal was first reported by the Washington Post.
A spokeswoman for the DHS said that Guatemala had proposed utilizing different airports in initial discussions, but that “the U.S. government has no plans to make returns to the airport in Peten at this time”. The so-called “safe third country” agreement signed in July has not yet been implemented as the two sides iron out details amid opposition in Guatemala.
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