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In the United States, Donald Trump has won a major victory over the right of asylum: the Supreme Court allows him to apply now a new regulation designed to drastically reduce the arrival of migrants through the US border. Mexican.
Migrants who cross several countries before arriving at the US border can no longer apply for asylum. The Trump administration now requires them to first seek refugee status in other countries crossed during their journey. Only if this status is denied by these third countries will migrants be able to seek asylum in the United States.
Donald Trump is closing the southern border to tens of thousands of Hondurans , Salvadorans and Guatemalans fleeing violence in their countries. But this measure also affects all other migrants trying to enter the United States by crossing third countries. Only Mexicans, direct neighbors of the United States, are not concerned.
The regulation was announced by the US administration in July, but immediately suspended by several courts of appeal. The conservative judges - now the majority - of the Supreme Court have ruled on Wednesday, that the measure was applicable immediately although temporarily while the legal battle continues. The directive could potentially affect tens of thousands of people, often families with children. Donald Trump, on Twitter, congratulated himself on a " great victory ".
BIG United States Supreme Court WIN for the Border on Asylum! https://t.co/9Ka00qK1Ob
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2019