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US-bound refugees to be held in Mexico while claims are processed: Trump

Asylum seekers will be given an initial screening to determine whether they face imminent danger by staying in Mexico, where violence is widespread

US President Donald Trump
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US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

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Asylum seekers hoping to enter the United States (US) via its southern border will have to wait in Mexico while they are assessed, President Donald Trump has announced, appearing to confirm a report about a bilateral deal published by The Washington Post.

The move was cautiously welcomed by some refugees currently at the border, even as Mexico’s incoming interior minister Olga Sanchez Cordero, who was quoted by the Post as confirming the agreement, later issued a denial.

“Migrants at the Southern Border will not be allowed into the United States until their claims are individually approved in court,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

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