A group of asylum seekers attempt to cross the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, on July 4
THE new US ruling barring asylum to most refugees who cross into the country from the Mexican border will endanger vulnerable people and “is not in line with international obligations,” United Nations refugee agency the UNHCR said yesterday.
President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Monday that it would effectively end asylum for anyone coming across the Mexican border who had passed through another country, a policy that will affect hundreds of thousands of people fleeing violence and persecution.
Only if a person has been denied asylum elsewhere will they be allowed to apply for protection in the US.
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