UNHCR: A Coordinated Regional Approach Needed to Resolve US Asylum Problem
The U.N. refugee agency is reiterating its call for countries in the Americas to work together to develop a coordinated regional response to the growing Central American migration and asylum problem. The U.N. refugee agency expresses deep concern about the Trump Administration’s new asylum policy, warning it will put vulnerable families at risk. It says the measure sharply curtails the right of people to apply for asylum and jeopardizes their right of protection against deportation to a country where their lives and well-being may be in danger. UNHCR spokeswoman Liz Throssell says the new rule violates international refugee law, which …