Guatemala strikes deal to accept migrants from other countries deported from US

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, shakes hands with Guatemalan Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Ramiro Martinez during a photo opportunity at the National Palace in Guatemala City Picture: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

Guatemala’s president has said after meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that his country will accept migrants from other countries being deported from the US.

Under the “safe third country” agreement announced by President Bernardo Arevalo, the deportees would then be returned to their home countries at US expense.