Guatemala expects more migration after U.S. expulsion policy ends

FILE PHOTO: Guatemalan deportees queue outside a government migration facility after arriving on a deportation flight from the U.S., at the Guatemalan Air Force (FAG) headquarters in La Aurora International airport, in Guatemala City, Guatemala December 28, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sebastian/File Photo

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's government expects the number of Guatemalans seeking to migrate to rise after the U.S. government ends its Title 42 expulsion policy, officials said on Friday.

The comments from Guatemala's migration institute and foreign ministry came shortly after the U.S. government said it would end the pandemic-related order that effectively closed down the U.S. asylum system at the border with Mexico.