Guatemala says it received nearly 2,300 US-deported Mexicans
US President Donald Trump's administration is ramping up third country deportations, with Mexican deportees being sent to Guatemala and reportedly Honduras in the past year.
The United States has deported approximately 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala this year, a practice that Mexico opposes. Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo announced that 2,284 Mexicans deported from the US have arrived in Guatemala so far this year, arriving via Guatemalan returnee planes before being flown to Mexico. Mexico's Foreign Ministry has objected to the US practice, emphasizing that every Mexican citizen has the right to enter their country.
International agreements allow for third-country deportations if a country rejects a migrant or if it's unsafe for them to be sent back; otherwise, they should be directly deported to their country of citizenship. The US has used third-country deportations to send migrants farther from the US-Mexico border, making it harder for them to cross back into the US.
Honduras has received 165 Mexicans this year, with 37 more expected, according to Human Rights First and Refugees International.
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