Guatemala has pledged a 40% increase in deportation flights carrying Guatemalans and migrants of other nationalities from the United States, President Bernardo Arévalo announced Wednesday during a press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from the United States.

Guatemala will accept 40% more deportation flights from the United States, President Bernardo Arevalo said after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday. Rubio said Guatemala had agreed to accept both Guatemalans and deportees of other nationalities,