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Held in Hotels or Detained for a Year After Being Deported to Africa: ‘This Is Called Human Trafficking’

Summary by El Pais
EL PAÍS spoke with a dozen migrants from Cuba, Honduras, Brazil and Colombia who were sent by the US to Africa and remain in a legal limbo with scant medical assistance and no knowledge of what will happen to them

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At least 475 people were deported to African countries by the United States between 20 January 2025 and 10 September 2026. In detention centres in Bangui, Central African Republic, or Mbabane, Eswatini, some of them document their daily lives. Video explanations.

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Courrier international broke the news on Friday, September 18, 2026.
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