Liberia Once Offered Black Americans a New Home. Decades on, It Is Receiving Migrants the US Wants Out
The first 20 deportees arrived under an agreement that could send up to 1,200 people to Liberia, officials said.
- The first transfer of 20 migrants from Louisiana arrived in Liberia, initiating an agreement that could eventually see up to 1,200 people deported from America to the West African nation.
- Nearly two centuries ago, free and formerly enslaved Black Americans crossed the Atlantic to settle in Liberia, a nation whose history is deeply tied to migration from America. The settlement eventually shaped the West African country's institutions and identity.
- Former lawmaker Conmany Wesseh questioned whether Liberia could absorb more people, citing limited medical facilities and housing; youth unemployment stands at 40%, according to African Development Bank data.
- The initial transfer faced complications when five migrants refused to disembark in Monrovia and were flown instead to Equatorial Guinea, where they joined more than 30 others previously sent there.
- While Liberian authorities described the arrangement as humanitarian, Wesseh labeled it as outsourcing immigration enforcement; a State Department spokesperson called implementing immigration policies a 'top priority.
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US carries out its first deportations under pact for Liberia to accept 1,200 non-Liberians
HARBEL, Liberia — The United States on Thursday carried out its first deportation under an agreement for Liberia to accept up to 1,200 people who are not from the African country, one of the Trump administration’s largest efforts yet to…
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