Honduras to 'immediately' transfer Venezuelan migrants deported from US


(Reuters) - Some 170 Venezuelan migrants are set to arrive in the Central American nation of Honduras from the United States, the Honduran government said on Thursday, before being transported "immediately" back to Venezuela.

The United States has pushed for countries around Latin America to receive third-country migrants after U.S. President Donald Trump came to power, pledging to tighten the southern border and implement the mass deportation of migrants.

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