A recent agreement with the Paraguayan government highlights how the U.S. shirks its responsibility to treat migrants humanely
To curb migration from countries adversely affected by climate change, oppressive regimes, and civil war, much of it due to Western interventionism, “Safe Third Country Agreements” (SCTA) have been implemented to essentially shirk human rights responsibilities and dump migrants on other countries. These types of agreements originated in 1989 at the UN Refugee Agency to help humanely address the mass migration out of East Berlin and elsewhere.
The “Refugee Protection and Mixed-Migration: The 10-Point Plan in Action” report discusses the “phenomenon of refugees” who move in “an irregular manner” from countries where they have already found protection and leave to seek asylum and find permanent resettlement in a third country, calling it “a matter of growing concern.” The plan created standards for countries to share the responsibility of aiding refugees in seeking asylum.
While the report addresses why migrants may feel compelled to leave a country they pass through due to a lack of resources, employment, or educational opportunities, it didn’t address how migrants may want to leave due to not being welcomed or a country that can’t…