Human rights advocates have warned that Guatemala is no 'safe third country.'
The U.S. government has already struck similar deals with Honduras and El Salvador, but those agreements have yet to be implemented.
A later determination, however, has allowed the plan to proceed without Congressional approval, so long as outgoing President Jimmy Morales is willing to sign off on it. Immigration and human rights advocates have long warned that Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador do not meet the requirements to be considered safe third countries.
Indeed, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency as many as 33,000 Guatemalans fled to the U.S. to plead for asylum in 2018 alone.from the State Department's Overseas Security Advisory Council asserts that despite a downward trend in violence,"Guatemala remains among the most dangerous countries in the world, according to several security providers."
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