Popular Press
“Offshore Processing” in Guatemala: A Deeper Look at the U.S. Asylum Deal
Just Security
(2019)
Abstract
For more than 20 years, a little-noticed provision of U.S. law allowing for the transfer of asylum seekers to a third country for processing lay dormant, until late last month when the United States and Guatemala signed an agreement that essentially replicates Australia’s so-called “offshore-processing” system.
Keywords
- immigration law,
- refugee,
- asylum,
- united states,
- guatemala,
- australia
Disciplines
- Law and
- Immigration Law
Publication Date
August 23, 2019
Citation Information
Jefferies, R, ‘“Offshore Processing” in Guatemala: A Deeper Look at the U.S. Asylum Deal’, Just Security (online, 23 August 2019)