Liberia to accept 1,200 deportees from US
PREMIUM TIMES reports that at least 14 African countries have made deals to accept US deportees in the past year. The post Liberia to accept 1,200 deportees from US appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 deportees from the US over the next year. An initial group of 20 deportees is expected to arrive on Thursday. The deportees will include citizens or nationals of African and Western Hemisphere countries who are medically authorised to travel.
The US Trump administration has struck several deals with African countries to deport people it cannot legally send to their home countries. According to the Daily Post Nigeria, these individuals have obtained legal protection against repatriation after US immigration judges ruled they risked torture or other abuses in their home countries.
Other African countries that have accepted third-country deportees include the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and according to Premium Times, at least 14 African countries have made such deals in the past year. The Liberian government says the deportees will be received "as guests" who can leave or seek asylum if they wish to remain.
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