U.S., El Salvador Reach Deal on Asylum Seekers
Blog written by Steven Dampf, Colgate Class of 2022 Based on the article: “U.S., El Salvador Reach Deal on Asylum Seekers” by Michelle Hackman, 20 September 2019, The Wall Street Journal A safe-third-country agreement is when two countries decide they are both safe enough and have strong enough asylum systems so that if an immigrant enters one of the countries first, they must apply for asylum in that country. If an individual passed through a third country on route to…