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  "id": 1959674,
  "title": "Liberia to accept 1,200 deportees from US",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/liberia-to-accept-1-200-deportees-from-us",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T15:19:33.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/foreign/904028-liberia-to-accept-1200-deportees-from-us.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nOther 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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        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Liberia agrees to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from US",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/liberia-agrees-to-accept-up-to-1-200-third-country-deportees-from-us",
        "published": "2026-08-19T03:43:00.000Z"
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        "title": "Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/liberia-agrees-to-take-1-200-third-country-deportees-from-the-u-s",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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