Mexico rejects new US asylum restrictions
Mexico on Monday rejected new asylum restrictions sought by US President Donald Trump to stem the flow of undocumented migrants trying to cross the neighbours’ shared border.
Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Mexico would not become a dumping ground for asylum seekers rejected by the US, adding that his country would at the same time respect its obligation not to return refugees to danger zones.
The move announced by the Trump administration on Monday declares ineligible for asylum almost all migrants entering the United States from its southern border who didn’t ask for asylum protection in any of the countries they crossed to get there.
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