US sends 20 deportees to Liberia, part of 1,200 migrants the country will receive under new deal
Liberia will accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees as part of a Trump administration crackdown on immigration, officials said.
- On Thursday, Liberia received the first flight of 20 deportees from the United States, launching an agreement to accept up to 1,200 third-country migrants over the next 12 months.
- The Trump administration implemented this deal to accelerate removals, having deported thousands to nearly two dozen countries that aren't their own, advocates say.
- Liberian Information Minister Jerolinmek Piah told Reuters that "most of the people are from Latin American countries," specifically naming Venezuela, Cuba, and Colombia.
- Liberia said the arrivals will be received "as guests" who can apply for asylum, while the United States awarded $5 million for "migration management activities."
- While Washington defends third-country deals as lawful, rights groups criticize the opaque process, noting many migrants face safety risks or are sent to nations they've never been.
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Most of them come from Latin American countries, including Cubans and Venezuelans.
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U.S. sends 20 deportees to Liberia, part of 1,200 migrants the country will receive under new deal
Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported thousands of people to nearly two dozen countries that aren't their own, advocates say, with about 10 of them in Africa.
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Liberia is the latest African country to agree to take in migrants deported under US President Donald Trump's contested immigration crackdown. The post First US deportees land in Liberia appeared first on Vanguard News.
The United States sent 20 people to Liberia for deportation, in a new agreement with the African country. Deportees arrived on Thursday (20), integrating a group of 1,200 migrants that the African country will receive as part of a new agreement. Deportees arrived at Roberts International Airport, near Monrovia. The agreement between Liberia and the United States is one of the largest deportation operations to third countries driven by the policy…
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