Liberia Agrees to Take 1,200 Deportees From the US
Liberia will receive U.S. support to manage the arrivals as part of a broader third-country deportation program, officials said.
- Liberia agreed on Tuesday to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States over the coming year, with an initial group of 20 expected to arrive on Thursday.
- The Trump administration has struck several such third-country deportation deals with African countries as part of a broad policy involving people sent to nations that are not their own.
- Deportees will include citizens from African and Western Hemisphere countries, with many holding legal protection orders against repatriation due to risks of torture or other abuses.
- Information Minister Jerolinmek Piah said arrivals can "may wish to seek asylum" or "can leave the country whenever they desire," while Liberia receives United States support to manage the program.
- Rights groups and advocates say the agreements are opaque, and Piah did not confirm whether the incoming deportees possess protection orders against being returned home.
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Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 migrants deported from the US from third countriesLiberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 deportees from the US within a year, with the first group of 20 arriving on Thursday.
Liberia agrees to take 1,200 deportees from the U.S.
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, authorities in the West African country said Tuesday, in one of the largest such arrangements under the Trump administration’s policy aimed at deterring illegal migration.
Liberia agrees to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from US
MONROVIA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. in the coming year, and an initial group of 20 deportees is expected to arrive in the West African nation on Thursday, a government statement ...
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