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The US State Dept's own reports reveal that rape, violence against women, and femicide are serious problems in Guatemala. Also, trafficking in persons, violent attacks against LGBTI persons & gangs recruiting displaced children. Guatemala is not a safe country for refugees.
The report also reveals UNHCR had concluded that Guatemala's mechanisms for identifying & referring asylum seekers are "inadequate" - meaning that the country deports asylum seekers to their countries of persecution rather than referring them for refugee assessments.
And from Human Rights Watch's annual report: Violence and extortion by powerful criminal organizations remain serious problems in Guatemala. Gang-related violence is an important factor prompting people, including unaccompanied children and young adults, to leave the country.
