A recent immigration agreement signed between El Salvador and the United States has created uncertainty in this Central American nation, where its lack of transparency has been questioned.
Salvadoran diplomat Rubén Zamora, former ambassador to the United Nations, figured among those who consider that there is a lack of information on the agreement signed on August 29, especially what it really entails.
‘This is a real International Relations problem, that one thing is read here and another is interpreted in the United States,’ Zamora stressed, concerned about the government’s interest in championing its migrants’ interests.
‘The United States is trying to criminalize migrants, and the El Salvador government instead of defending nationals lends itself to enforce migration,’ Zamora said in an interview with Channel 33.
Zamora regretted that Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill and Security Minister Rogelio Rivas provided insufficient information on the Maras’ agreement, described in the media as a ‘letter of intent.’
Salvadoran society is deeply concerned that the document signed by Hill with US Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleen, makes El Salvador a ‘safe third country.’
This concept is applied to countries that receive asylum seekers rejected by Washington, even though McAleen denied that this is the interest of the United States in this collaboration on migration issues. (https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=46573&SEO=us-el-salvador-immigration-agreement-questioned)
