Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S.
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- AllAfricaseen 19 Aug, 17:31description edited
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[Liberian Observer] EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is the full text of a statement issued by the Government of Liberia announcing an arrangement with the United States to receive up to 1,200 third-country nationals being removed from the United States. The Daily Observer has submitted questions to Information Minister Jerolinmek M. Piah seeking further clarification on the terms, legal basis, costs and implementation of the arrangement. His responses will be published when received.[Liberian Observer] MONROVIA -- The following is the full text of a statement issued by the Government of Liberia announcing an arrangement with the United States to receive up to 1,200 third-country nationals being removed from the United States. The Daily Observer has submitted questions to Information Minister Jerolinmek M. Piah seeking further clarification on the terms, legal basis, costs and implementation of the arrangement. His responses will be published when received.
- AllAfricaseen 20 Aug, 09:58headline rewritten
West Africa: Liberia to Receive 1200 U.S. DeporteesWest Africa: U.S. Deportees Are Not Criminals, Says Govt - The Guardian Worldseen 20 Aug, 22:16description edited
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Agreement is among largest third-country deportations driven by Trump administration’s immigration crackdown The United States sent 20 deportees to Liberia, who arrived on Thursday as part of 1,200 migrants that the African country will receive under a new deal. The deportees arrived at the Roberts international airport outside Monrovia. The Liberia-US agreement is among the largest third-country deportations driven by the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. Continue reading...Agreement is among largest third-country deportations driven by Trump administration’s immigration crackdown Twenty deportees from the United States arrived in Liberia on Thursday, as part of a new agreement that will see the west African country receive as many as 1,200 people under the Trump administration ’s immigration crackdown. The group arrived at the Roberts international airport outside the capital, Monrovia. The Liberia-US agreement is one of the largest third-country deportation...
- NYT Worldseen 20 Aug, 22:16description edited
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Critics in the small West African nation say their government has not said why it agreed to one of the largest U.S. deportation deals, who the deportees are, or how they will be handled.The five men were part of the first group of deportees to be sent to the West African nation by the Trump administration. The Liberian government has not clarified their status.
- Die Zeit (Germany)seen 21 Aug, 04:28headline rewritten
Westafrika: Liberia nimmt 1.200 von USA abgeschobene Migranten aufWestafrika: Liberia nimmt 1.200 von den USA abgeschobene Migranten auf - Le Monde Englishseen 21 Aug, 07:38description edited
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Liberia announced on Tuesday, August 18, that it would accept up to 1,200 foreign nationals deported from the US within a year. It said they were "free to depart the country when they so desire" or apply for asylum.Liberia announced on Tuesday, August 18, that it would accept up to 1,200 foreign nationals deported from the US within a year. It said they were 'free to depart the country when they so desire' or apply for asylum.
- Le Monde Englishseen 21 Aug, 10:46headline rewritten
First of 1200 US deportees land in LiberiaFirst of 1,200 US deportees land in Liberia - DW Top Storiesseen 21 Aug, 19:23URL changed
now resolves towww.dw.com/en/liberia-says-its-taking-in-1200-third-country-us-deportees/a-78436127?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
- NYT Worldseen 24 Aug, 03:14description edited
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Five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.At least five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.
- winnipegfreepress.comseen 26 Aug, 23:17description edited
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Six people who were deported by the United States to Liberia last week resisted getting off the plane and instead were sent to Equatorial Guinea, another African nation that signed a third-country deporation agreement with the Trump administration, a person on the plane and a lawyer in contact with the six said Monday.DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Six people who were deported by the United States to Liberia last week resisted getting off the plane and instead were sent to Equatorial Guinea, another African nation that signed a third-country deportation agreement with the Trump administration, a person on the plane and a lawyer in contact with the six said Monday.
- El País (Spain)seen 14 Sept, 20:51description edited
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EL PAÍS conversó con una decena de migrantes de Cuba, Honduras, Brasil o Colombia que fueron enviados por EEUU a África y permanecen en un limbo legal, con poca asistencia médica y sin saber qué sucederá con ellosEL PAÍS conversó por videollamadas con una decena de migrantes de Cuba, Honduras, Brasil o Colombia que fueron enviados por EEUU a África y permanecen en un limbo legal
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Tue, 18 August 2026
2 reports- El País (Spain)22:15first to report
La nación africana anuncia que los primeros expulsados llegarán este mismo jueves a su territorio, pero no da mayores detalles sobre el acuerdo con Washington
- Die Zeit (Germany)22:54edited after publishing
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Westafrika: Liberia nimmt 1.200 von USA abgeschobene Migranten aufInnerhalb eines Jahres sollen 1.200 Menschen nach Liberia kommen, die von den USA abgeschoben wurden. Den USA zufolge droht ihnen in ihren Heimatländern etwa Folter.
Wed, 19 August 2026
6 reports- Le Figaro (France)05:50
«Le Liberia a l’intention d’accepter jusqu’à 1 200 personnes qui seront transférées depuis les États-Unis d’ici un an», a écrit le gouvernement du pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest dans un communiqué.
- NPR News06:57
The 1,200 deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean, with the first batch of 20 expected on Thursday.
- Le Monde (France)10:28
Donald Trump a élargi le nombre de personnes susceptibles d’être expulsées, ciblant notamment celles qui bénéficiaient de protections juridiques leur permettant, sous les administrations précédentes, de vivre et de travailler aux Etats-Unis en raison de risques de persécutions dans leurs pays d’origine.
- BBC News World10:45
Liberia says the deal is a "humanitarian arrangement" and is receiving no compensation.
- AllAfrica12:05edited after publishing
[Liberian Observer] MONROVIA -- The following is the full text of a statement issued by the Government of Liberia announcing an arrangement with the United States to receive up to 1,200 third-country nationals being removed from the United States. The Daily Observer has submitted questions to Information Minister Jerolinmek M. Piah seeking further clarification on the terms, legal basis, costs and implementation of the arrangement. His responses will be published when received.
- DW Top Stories18:42
URL changednow www.dw.com/en/liberia-says-its-taking-in-1200-third-country-us-deportees/a-78436127?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
The government in Monrovia says the first batch of 20 people should arrive in Liberia on Thursday. The Trump administration has been seeking countries to take people it cannot send back to their countries of origin.
Thu, 20 August 2026
13 reports- AllAfrica03:39edited after publishing
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West Africa: Liberia to Receive 1200 U.S. Deportees[New Dawn] Gov't Says They're Not Criminals; First 20 Arrive Thursday
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)11:23
Für ihre rabiate Abschiebepolitik sucht die US-Regierung weltweit nach Partnern – und hat in Westafrika einen besonders aufnahmewilligen Drittstaat gefunden. Liberias Regierung spricht von einer „Geste rein humanitärer Natur“.
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)12:24
Liberia verpflichtet sich, Washington 1200 Menschen abzunehmen, die sonst nirgendwohin abgeschoben werden können. Ein humanitärer Akt? Wohl kaum.
- vanguardngr.com14:18
Liberia is the latest African country to agree to take in migrants deported under US President Donald Trump's contested immigration crackdown.
- PBS NewsHour14:48
Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported thousands of people to nearly two dozen countries that aren't their own, advocates say, with about 10 of them in Africa.
- Google News - Top Stories16:37
First U.S. Deportees Arrive in Liberia, and Liberians Want Explanations The New York Times US deports 20 people to Liberia, the first of 1,200 migrants under Trump deal The Guardian Venezuelans and Cubans among deportees to Liberia under Trump deal, official says Reuters US has sent deportees to many African countries, the latest one being Liberia. Here’s why AP News U.S. Begins Deporting Immigrants to Liberia WSJ
- NYT World17:16edited after publishing
The five men were part of the first group of deportees to be sent to the West African nation by the Trump administration. The Liberian government has not clarified their status.
- Index.hr (Croatia)17:20
SAD JE POČEO deportirati migrante u Liberiju temeljem novog sporazuma. Prva skupina od 20, od ukupno 1200, stigla je u Monroviju. Kritičari tvrde da se time zaobilaze propisi o azilu.
- El País (Spain)17:42
Las autoridades no han revelado las nacionalidades del primer grupo expulsados de EE UU. Un funcionario había dicho previamente que el pacto incluirá a venezolanos, cubanos y colombianos
- Al Jazeera English18:22
Liberia is part of a growing list of partners under US President Donald Trump to accept third-country deportations.
- Google News - Top Stories18:48
Venezuelans and Cubans among deportees to Liberia under Trump deal, official says Reuters First U.S. Deportees Arrive in Liberia, and Liberians Want Answers The New York Times US has sent deportees to many African countries, the latest one being Liberia. Here’s why AP News US deports 20 people to Liberia, the first of 1,200 migrants under Trump deal The Guardian First group of US deportees, out of an expected 1,200, arrive in Liberia Al Jazeera
- The Guardian World19:57edited after publishing
Agreement is among largest third-country deportations driven by Trump administration’s immigration crackdown Twenty deportees from the United States arrived in Liberia on Thursday, as part of a new agreement that will see the west African country receive as many as 1,200 people under the Trump administration ’s immigration crackdown. The group arrived at the Roberts international airport outside the capital, Monrovia. The Liberia-US agreement is one of the largest third-country deportation...
- jamaica-gleaner.com20:36
HARBEL, Liberia (AP) – The United States on Thursday carried out its first deportation under an agreement for Liberia to accept up to 1,200 third country nationals (TCNs), one of the Trump administration's largest efforts yet to deport people to countries other than their own. The deportees will include nationals from the Caribbean, North America, South America and Africa, according to Liberian Information Minister Jerolinmek Piah. Liberian Justice Minister Natu Oswald Tweh has said the TCNs...
Fri, 21 August 2026
6 reports- Le Monde English01:51edited after publishing ×2
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First of 1200 US deportees land in LiberiaLiberia announced on Tuesday, August 18, that it would accept up to 1,200 foreign nationals deported from the US within a year. It said they were 'free to depart the country when they so desire' or apply for asylum.
- Times of India04:05
The United States deported twenty non-Liberian nationals to Liberia. This marks a significant expansion of the US third-country deportation program. Liberia agreed to accept up to twelve hundred individuals under this humanitarian arrangement. The agreement allows deportees to seek asylum within Liberia if they wish. This policy aims to manage immigration and strengthen border security.
- theyeshivaworld.com05:00
The United States sent 20 deportees to Liberia, who arrived on Thursday as part of 1,200 migrants that the African country will receive under a new deal. The deportees arrived at the Roberts International Airport outside Monrovia. The Liberia-U.S. agreement is among the largest third-country deportations driven by the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. The […]
- Euronews08:45
Authorities in Monrovia announced on Tuesday the country would accept up to 1,200 foreign nationals deported from the US within a year.
- AllAfrica08:50
[New Dawn] MONROVIA, August 20, 2026 -- The first group of 20 people transferred from the United States has arrived in Liberia, marking the beginning of an arrangement under which the country has agreed to receive up to 1,200 third-country nationals from the U.S.
- NYT World19:49edited after publishing
At least five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.
Sat, 22 August 2026
1 report- Al Jazeera English17:47
Liberia's government announced the move on Tuesday, two days before the flight. Politicians say they were not consulted.
Mon, 24 August 2026
1 report- winnipegfreepress.com15:02edited after publishing
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Six people who were deported by the United States to Liberia last week resisted getting off the plane and instead were sent to Equatorial Guinea, another African nation that signed a third-country deportation agreement with the Trump administration, a person on the plane and a lawyer in contact with the six said Monday.
Fri, 28 August 2026
1 report- Google News - Top Stories18:09
'I do not know what happened to the others': Trump's third country deportations spark global debate Politico Deportees who refused to exit a U.S. flight in Liberia are sent to Equatorial Guinea NBC News Liberia once offered Black Americans a new home. Decades on, it is receiving migrants the US wants out CNN Deported to Equatorial Guinea with a large abdominal hernia: ‘I’m not worth a dime’ EL PAÍS English Miami Gardens Man's Deportation Flight Diverted to Equatorial Guinea After Standoff on...
Sun, 30 August 2026
1 report- NYT World09:01
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
Mon, 31 August 2026
1 report- Polsat News (Poland)20:00
USA deportowały sto osób do Afryki w dziesięć dni. Żadna z nich nie pochodziła z kraju, do którego trafiła. To część kampanii prowadzonej przez administrację Donalda Trumpa, polegającej na deportowaniu ludzi do tzw. państw trzecich.
Tue, 1 September 2026
1 report- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)10:30
W ciągu 10 dni USA deportowały ok. 100 osób do krajów Afryki, mimo że nikt z nich nie był obywatelem państwa, do którego trafił. To element działań administracji Donalda Trumpa, które zakładają odsyłanie migrantów do tzw. państw trzecich, a nie do ojczyzny.
Mon, 7 September 2026
1 report- El País (Spain)03:30
Tres migrantes latinoamericanos cuentan cerca de Monrovia a EL PAÍS cómo fueron detenidos por el ICE y expulsados al país africano, con el que no tenían ningún vínculo
Tue, 8 September 2026
1 report- channelafrica.co.za19:15
Thu, 10 September 2026
2 reports- Japan Times07:53
Washington was found to have offered deals worth millions of dollars and threatened visa curbs to coerce countries to accept the deportation program.
- AllAfrica11:13
[Liberian Observer] Twenty-nine Liberians in South Africa have formally requested voluntary repatriation to Liberia, prompting calls for urgent government intervention to accelerate their return amid growing concerns over their safety, immigration status and vulnerability.
Sat, 12 September 2026
1 report- El Pais English04:00
Three Latin American migrants tell EL PAÍS how they were detained by ICE and expelled to a country in Africa they had never even heard of
Mon, 14 September 2026
1 report- El País (Spain)04:00edited after publishing
EL PAÍS conversó por videollamadas con una decena de migrantes de Cuba, Honduras, Brasil o Colombia que fueron enviados por EEUU a África y permanecen en un limbo legal
Mon, 21 September 2026
3 reports- Index.hr (Croatia)05:22
TRUMPOVA administracija deportira tisuće migranata u treće zemlje. Članak prati priču Nike, Iranke koja je unatoč sudskoj zaštiti iz SAD-a poslana u Srednjoafričku Republiku.
- France Info (France)06:09
Afin d’expulser des milliers de personnes du sol américain ces derniers mois, les États-Unis ont noué des accords avec une trentaine de pays, dont un tiers en Afrique. Résultat d'une enquête publiée lundi matin par le consortium Forbidden Stories, auquel est associé Radio France.
- N1 Info (Croatia)07:19SAD deportirao desetke tisuća ljudi u zemlje s kojima nemaju veze, neke države dobile milijune za to
Američka vlada protjerala je više od 25.000 ljudi u treće zemlje, na temelju tajnih sporazuma sklopljenih s 35 država kako bi prihvatile osobe koje s
Wed, 23 September 2026
1 report- Le Monde (France)08:00
Des citoyens sud-américains rencontrés par « Le Monde » disent avoir subi des violences physiques de la part des agents des services américains de l’immigration et des douanes présents à bord de l’avion qui les menaient au Liberia. Le pays s’est engagé à accueillir jusqu’à 1 200 personnes expulsées des Etats-Unis au cours des douze prochains mois.
Thu, 24 September 2026
1 report- Al Jazeera English08:55
Its deal to take deportees is the latest in a long history of unequal agreements with the US.
Fri, 25 September 2026
1 report- AllAfrica17:33
[Liberian Investigator] Liberia's agreement to take up to 1,200 people deported from the United States violates the Constitution and undermines the country's credibility on the U.N. Security Council, Liberian academic Robtel Neajai Pailey argues in a commentary calling on the government to cancel agreements with Washington that breach national law.
Wed, 30 September 2026
2 reports- irishexaminer.com07:16
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- The Guardian World12:47
Burundi joins several other African nations in accepting people deported under Trump’s hardline policy Burundi has agreed to join a clutch of other African nations in receiving migrants from other countries deported from the US under Donald Trump ’s hardline immigration policy . However, Burundi will only accept those not accused of crime or terrorism links, said Nancy Ninette Mutoni, a spokesperson for the country’s president, Évariste Ndayishimiye. Tuesday’s announcement gave no...
Mon, 5 October 2026
1 report- AllAfrica05:00
[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA - Three Liberians in Minnesota are among 10 noncitizens indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury on charges of falsely claiming U.S. citizenship to vote or voting illegally, charges that carry up to five years in prison, and U.S. officials say those convicted also face deportation.
Tue, 6 October 2026
1 report- AllAfrica03:25
[The Conversation Africa] The Supreme Court's recent decision to temporarily allow the United States to resume deporting migrants to third-country destinations could see the resumption of flights to Liberia.
Thu, 8 October 2026
4 reports- France Info (France)04:02
L'ONG accuse les autorités américaines d'avoir privé ces migrants de leur droit à une procédure régulière, plusieurs d'entre eux n'ayant pas pu prévenir leurs avocats ou ayant été expulsés sans connaître leur destination.
- AllAfrica12:06
[RFI] The United States is violating international law by deporting migrants to African countries where they have no ties, NGO Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, accusing Washington of using deportation to remote destinations as a deterrent to immigration.
- allafrica.com13:21
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the U.S. of violating international law by deporting migrants to African countries where they have no personal or family ties. The rights group said the policy is designed "to instrumentalise human suffering as a deterrent to migration". Citing an unnamed U.S. official, HRW has reported that the choice of remote destinations is intended to intimidate prospective migrants. "With countries like Palau or Eswatini, the point is that the...
- BBC News World15:44
More than 500 migrants have been expelled from the US to African countries, HRW says, citing US data.
Fri, 9 October 2026
1 report- AllAfrica05:20
[Daily Maverick] Eswatini has repatriated 10 of its 31 deportees from the US, probably through South Africa, and there are rumours that they were released through informal border crossings.
Wed, 14 October 2026
2 reports- Al Jazeera English01:44
Opposition leaders in Jamaica question why the deportation deal with the Trump White House has not been made public.
- observer.ug15:16
On April 1, 2026, an aircraft carrying eight deportees from the United States landed at Entebbe, a windswept peninsula on the northern shore of Lake Victoria, after a 16-hour journey to Uganda, a landlocked East African country. On their arrival day, mild sunshine and light showers beat a gentle rhythm across the town, which bears […]
Sun, 18 October 2026
1 report- Le Monde (France)16:00
Sur les 28 000 immigrés expulsés des Etats-Unis entre le début de 2025 et août 2026, plus de 500 ont été envoyés sur le continent africain, selon les données du Deportation Data Project. La plupart du temps, ils n’ont pas de lien direct avec les pays d’Afrique.
Thu, 22 October 2026
2 reports- globalpost.com07:54
Deported Brazilian migrant Paola Ferreira Dos Santos didn’t know where the United States had sent her until she actually arrived. “I was the first to get
- AllAfrica10:32
[Liberian Observer] The Plenary of the House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated its Joint Committees on Foreign Affairs, Judiciary, and National Security to investigate reported third-country deportations of foreign nationals from the United States to Liberia, with instructions to submit a comprehensive report within two weeks.