GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala received the first Salvadoran citizen from the United States under a new migration agreement that designates the Central American nation a so-called safe third country for asylum seekers, Guatemalan authorities said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The program kicked off in late November, when a Honduran man flew from El Paso, Texas, to Guatemala City on a nearly empty Boeing 737. This marks the second flight.<\/p>\n
The plane, which arrived Tuesday morning from Mesa, Arizona, also had 84 Guatemalans and two Hondurans aboard, said Alejandra Mena, a spokeswoman for Guatemala\u2019s migration institute.<\/p>\n
She did not specify whether the migrants from Honduras and El Salvador would seek asylum in Guatemala or return to their countries.<\/p>\n
The program marks a policy achievement for U.S. President Donald Trump, who has demanded help from Mexico and Central America in curbing the flow of migrants seeking to request asylum in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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