Washington: A new deal between the United States and Belize (a Central American nation with Caribbean Sea shorelines to the east and dense jungle to the west) has redrawn the map for asylum seekers heading north. The two countries have signed what is known as a “safe third country” agreement, a pact that allows the United States to transfer migrants who request asylum to Belize instead of processing their request on American soil.

The signing marks another major step in President Donald Trump’s plan to curb asylum applications and expand mass deportations. The agreement was sealed on Monday, with Belize calling it an act “grounded in the commitment of states to cooperate under the 1951 UN Convention on the Status of Refugees”.

Its government posted on Meta, “The Agreement reinforces Beli

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