"The agreement is the latest deal the Trump administration has struck to deport migrants to third-party countries. The United States and Belize have signed a safe third country immigration agreement, which will allow the administration of President Donald Trump to transfer asylum seekers to the Central American country. The deal marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to limit asylum applications in the US and carry out a campaign of mass deportation."
"The two countries signed the agreement on Monday, with Belize calling it an act grounded in the commitment of states to cooperate under the 1951 UN Convention on the Status of Refugees. In a statement posted on Facebook, its government press office wrote, The Agreement reinforces Belize's commitment to international law and humanitarian principles while ensuring strong national safeguards. The US State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, meanwhile, thanked Belize in a post on X."
The United States and Belize signed a safe third country immigration agreement that permits US authorities to transfer asylum seekers to Belize. Belize framed the pact as consistent with the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and pledged national safeguards while seeking financial and technical assistance to strengthen asylum and border management. The US characterized the deal as a milestone in stopping illegal immigration and curbing asylum system abuse. Safe third country agreements designate states to which asylum seekers can be removed and are used to limit applications, though details of this pact remain unclear.
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