US will assume costs of foreigners sent to Honduras by ACA agreement

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United States will bear the costs for foreign migrants sent to Honduras as part of the Asylum Cooperation Agreement (ACA), known as “safe third country,” which went into effect in March this year, but with operational details recently settled on December 18, 2020.

The work and funds to carry out the ACA will be channeled through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Acnur) and the International Organization for Migrants (IOM), he argued Lisandro Rosales, Chancellor of Honduras.

The main responsibility of illegal migrants on arrival in Honduras will fall on the National Migration Institute (INM), which is a link.

Bye now, Honduras has not received deported foreign migrants since United StatesBut with the implementation and liquidation of the terms it is a matter of time before they arrive.

Guatemala it is the only country in the region that has already received it Honduran migrants and Salvadorans, allowing to wait in their territory the appointment to be taken care of in United States and set out their request to receive asylum.

keys

1- 57% of irregular migrants who entered Honduras in 2019 are Cubans. Nicaraguans are the ones who have most sought refuge in the country.
2- The goal of ACA is to prevent these migrants from waiting at the U.S. border for asylum responses and from a safe third country.

What is ACA

Since last March 20, Honduras i United States put into effect the ACA as part of a strategy to curb the passage of migrants to American country. Guatemala and El Salvador also participated in the initiative.

with the ACA, United States it will have the power to send the three foreign Central American countries that have arrived at its border to seek asylum and are awaiting an appointment. In the case of Honduras could receive people from Guatemala, El Salvador, Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela to wait for their appointment.

The travel and living expenses of these people are the responsibility of United States. In the case of appointments, United States grants a period of six months to a year to care for migrants, this time is what foreigners should expect in Honduras.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has already selected Alejandro Mayorkas as the future incumbent Secretary of State. United States National Security, Chad F. Wolf, And that will be in front of ACA. Mayorkas played an important role during the tenure of barack Obama in the thaw negotiations with Cuba.

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