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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 06:51 PM Mar 2020

US-Guatemala asylum agreement suspended over coronavirus

Source: cnn.com




49 min ago


From CNN's Priscilla Alvarez

An asylum agreement between the United States and Guatemala was temporarily suspended out of caution over coronavirus, Guatemala’s government announced Tuesday, a setback for the Trump administration which has increasingly relied on its accord with the country to curb asylum.

The move comes a day after Guatemala's president Alejandro Giammattei said the country was closing its border in an attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Guatemala’s ministry of foreign affairs also said US deportation flights of Guatemalans were canceled Tuesday. ..........................................

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-17-20-intl-hnk/h_37a36a9eb2d043d40f8f874b96976bdc



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