Migrants flee more countries _ regardless of US policies

By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A Trump-era ban on asylum that was granted a brief extension by Supreme Court Chief Justic John Roberts on Wednesday was one of the U.S. policies affecting migrants’ decisions to leave their homes. The last eight years show how an extraordinary convergence of inequality, civil strife and natural disasters also have been prompting millions to leave Latin America, Europe and Africa. Since 2017, the United States has been the world’s top destination for asylum-seekers, the United Nations says.