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Mexico Says No to Safe Third-country Asylum Discussion with US

Reuters

   MEXICO CITY - Mexico will not agree to further discussion of safe third
   country status for asylum seekers, the foreign minister said, adding it
   was not clear what the Trump administration's stance was on the issue
   despite a deadline reached on Monday.

   Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said that in weekend talks, U.S.
   Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not address an earlier deal that the
   two countries look at making asylum seekers apply for refuge in Mexico
   if migration flows were not significantly lower by July 22.

   Proposal unnecessary

   However, Ebrard said he told Pompeo in Mexico City on Sunday that
   Mexico's view was that the proposal was unnecessary, after it helped
   reduce apprehensions at the U.S. southern border by a about a third
   last month.

   "I can't anticipate what their stance is but the Mexican position is
   very clear. We are not going to change our position. We don't agree,
   and we have not accepted a negotiation about it," Ebrard said at a news
   conference.

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