Trump has signed a decree to tighten the rules for obtaining asylum for illegal migrants

US President Donald Trump said that he signed a document restricting the granting of asylum to illegal migrants arriving in the country across the border with Mexico. Tightening the rules associated with the movement in the direction of the US many thousands of migrants.

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According to the signed decree, persons illegally crossing the US border with Mexico will not be able to apply for refugee status in the United States.

“I am temporarily suspending entry [to the United States] for certain types of foreign nationals to address the overwhelming number of migrants entering our country illegally or without proper documentation through Mexico,” says in the ruling.

At the same time, the document notes that illegal migrants retain the right to “request other forms of protection from persecution and torture.” The decree does not specify exactly what forms of protection are being discussed.

The measures will not affect foreign children who entered the country without their parents.

“Failure to take immediate action to stop the mass migration facing the United States will only lead to more mass illegal migration and further strain on the [migration] system,” the order reads.

In the American Union for the Protection of Civil Liberties, Trump’s decree was already illegal, noting that in the United States, the right of refugees to secure asylum in the United States is enshrined in law, regardless of whether they are at the frontier entry point or not.

Trump's order on migration from the south was supported by acting US Attorney General Matthew Whittaker. “Today the President made a strong statement that this can no longer be tolerated,” he said in a statement.

Amnesty International Secretary General Kumi Naidoo called Trump's order "another attempt to destroy an old tradition" of guaranteeing people the right to seek protection from persecution or threat to life.

Amnesty International USA executive director Margaret Huang added that she had seen with her own eyes the consequences of such “inhumane and illegal” policies.

“The criminalization of refugees has led to some of the most shameful government policies I have ever seen in this country,” she said. Huang also called claims that refugees pose a threat to US security an idea created by the Trump administration.

What kind of refuge caravan are we talking about?

Reports of thousands of migrants from Central America (mainly from Honduras and El Salvador) heading towards the United States appeared in the media and social networks in mid-October.

Information about the number of the so-called caravan of migrants is very contradictory: different publications cited figures from two to seven thousand people.

At first it was reported that the columns of migrants were formed in Honduras, but then they were joined by refugees from neighboring El Salvador and Guatemala. All three countries are on the list of the poorest and most criminal countries in the world.

Currently, the caravan moves through the territory of Mexico. According to local media, part of the refugees decided to stay in this country and not go to the US border, but the majority of migrants continue their journey north.

Many reports of the caravan turned out to be fake: for example, that there were people from the Middle East in it and that the movement of the caravan was sponsored by the US Democratic Party and the Soros Foundation. Among those who claimed that criminals and unknown residents of the Middle East were in the caravan was President Trump himself.

October 30 Pentagon confirmed plans to send 5200 troops to the border with Mexico to strengthen border controls.

Trump noted that the US military is ready to meet the “bad guys” who are heading into the country as part of a column of migrants.

Who is eligible for asylum?

Today, the US has an obligation to handle asylum requests from migrants who have fled from violence in their home country.

However, in June, Prosecutor General Jeff Sessions stated that victims of domestic violence and banditry will no longer claim to receive asylum in the United States.

Requesters must prove that they face a serious threat of harassment. Then, under international law, they can be considered refugees.

If potential refugees entered the US illegally, they still have the right to file a request.

Economic migrants who leave in search of a better life are not considered refugees, no matter how terrible the poverty in their homeland may be.

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