United Nations refugee chief Filippo Grandi asked on Saturday for more resources...
FILE PHOTO: U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi speaks with the media after a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Teodoro Ribera, at the Ministry of Foreign affairs in Santiago, Chile, August 13, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido/File Photo
Resources at the agency, COMAR, have become more stretched since the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month decided to restore a Trump administration policy that requires most immigrants who want asylum to first seek safe haven in a third country that they traveled through on their way to the United States.
“COMAR needs more resources and room to work because the challenge is increasing,” he said at a news conferences. COMAR received federal funding of 20 million pesos in 2019, the lowest sum in seven years. The proposed 2020 budget would increase it to 27 million pesos.
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