RFI Investigation Traces Network of US Deportations to African Countries
More than 25,000 people have been sent to nations with which they often have no connection, with hundreds routed to at least 12 African countries, the broadcaster found.
Since President Donald Trump's return to office, more than 25,000 people have been deported from the United States to third countries with which they often have no connection, sometimes on a different continent than their own, according to RFI.
The broadcaster reported that at least 12 African countries have accepted such deportees, citing examples including Vietnamese nationals sent to Eswatini, Colombians to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Guineans to Ghana.
RFI said it spent six months investigating the system as part of a 24-outlet consortium coordinated by Forbidden Stories, finding that some deportees were imprisoned without a court ruling or left in legal limbo, while in several documented cases the third country served only as a stop before removal to an origin country the US could not otherwise reach.
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- Migrants expulsés vers l'Afrique: plongée dans la mécanique de l’administration Trump — RFI — Français
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