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Migrant caravan members have right to claim asylum – here’s why getting it will be hard
Roughly 5,000 people, mostly from Central America’s violent and unstable “Northern Triangle” of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras are reportedly making their way through Mexico with the intention of claiming asylum at the U.S. border.
- Abigail Stepnitz
- The Conversation
The so-called “migrant caravan” is attracting intense social and political attention, with U.S. President Donald Trump declaring it a “national emergency.”
He has also claimed, erroneously, that the migrants “have to” claim asylum in Mexico first.
Migrants aren’t obligated to claim asylum in any country, but have a…