Migrants Flown to Equatorial Guinea After Resisting Liberia Deportation Under Trump Deal, Sources Say
Five deportees refused to deplane in Liberia and were sent to Equatorial Guinea, where they joined more than 30 other migrants, sources said.
- On Thursday, five migrants—three Cuban men, one Brazilian man, and one Cameroonian woman—refused to disembark from a U.S. deportation flight in Liberia, prompting authorities to divert them to Equatorial Guinea, where they were forced to exit against their will.
- Liberia announced Tuesday it would accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees over 12 months, marking a major Trump administration expansion of removals across an estimated 35 countries, including at least 12 in Africa.
- Only 15 of 20 deportees disembarked in Liberia, with most from Venezuela, Cuba, and Colombia according to Liberia's information minister Jerolinmek Piah. The five diverted migrants now join more than 30 others detained in Malabo, where conditions include 'inadequate medical care' and 'severe psychological distress.'
- The State Department on Friday said it remained 'unwavering in our commitment to end illegal and mass immigration and bolster America's border security,' while Meredyth Yoon, litigation director for Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta, said the administration is 'shuffling people around to different countries like objects.'
- Many deportees hold U.S. court orders protecting them from persecution or torture in their home countries, yet they often arrive in unfamiliar nations and eventually return to the countries they fled, with some detained indefinitely without charge according to The American Prospect.
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Liberia Refuses, Deportees Diverted: Controversial U.S. Deportation Agreements in Spotlight
Five deportees en route to Liberia resisted disembarking and were diverted to Equatorial Guinea, highlighting flaws in U.S. third-country deportation deals. These agreements face criticism for human rights concerns and inadequate conditions, as the Trump administration enforces strict immigration policies. The incident raises questions about repatriation and deportee treatment.
5 Deportees Resisted Deplaning in Liberia
“At least five people who were deported by the United States to Liberia but resisted getting off the plane were flown to Equatorial Guinea, in Central Africa, on Thursday,” the New York Times reports. “It is the first reported case in the administration’s so-called third-country deportation campaign of migrants who refused to get off a […]
Venezuelans and Cubans among deportees to Liberia under Trump ...
Five Migrants Reject Liberia, Flown to Malabo
Five deportees who resisted disembarking in Liberia this week were instead flown to Equatorial Guinea, marking an early complication in Washington’s plan to deport up to 1,200 third-country migrants to the West African nation. Although Liberia agreed to accept an initial group of 20 deportees on Thursday, a Liberian official confirmed that only 15 people actually disembarked. The remaining five migrants—three Cuban men, a Brazilian man, and a Ca…
Friday, August 21, 2026.- Liberia, located in West Africa, joins other African countries that receive deported immigrants. Official video of Telemundo News. The first 20 people, whose nationalities were not revealed, landed this morning in Monrov...
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