The U.S. Immigration Policy Center (USIPC) at UC San Diego has published a report and policy brief that "show asylum seekers are being sent to Mexico despite telling U.S. immigration officials their persecutor(s) can find and have access to them there. Data also show violence and homelessness are systematic."Two key findings "based on over 600 interviews with asylum seekers who have been returned to Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the 'Remain in Mexico' policy":
"Safeguards against refoulement are not being implemented under MPP and asylum seekers are being returned to Mexico despite telling U.S. immigration officials that their persecutor(s) can find and have access to them in Mexico;
The data show that previous reporting on the harrowing circumstances asylum seekers experience in Mexico do, in fact, amount to systematic trends."
More findings are summarized in this blog post and Twitter thread.
Read the report: Seeking Asylum: Part 2
Read the policy brief: Walls to Protection: The Grim Reality of Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” Policy
See also related interview in The Guardian.
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