safe third country agreement
noun
international law
: an agreement between governments stipulating that asylum seekers are required to make a claim for asylum in the country where they first arrive
If Mexico signed a safe third country agreement, Central American migrants would no longer be able to cross the U.S.-Mexico border to surrender to U.S. authorities and stay in the country while they await asylum proceedings.—
Rafael Bernal
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The accord with Canada is the only safe third country agreement the U.S. is currently enforcing.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2023
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