U.S. deports 20 migrants from Venezuela, Cuba and Colombia to Liberia under new deal
Liberia received its first deportation flight from the U.S. on Thursday, landing in Monrovia at 12:45 p.m. local time with 20 deportees, mostly nationals from Venezuela, Cuba and Colombia, Liberian Information Minister Jerolinmek Piah told Reuters . The flight departed from Louisiana and stopped in Senegal before arriving in the West African nation, which has agreed to accept up to 1,200 foreign nationals over the next year under a deal with Washington.
Liberian officials said the migrants were sent to seek protection from being returned to their home countries, where judges determined they could face torture or other abuse. The deportees will be “free to depart the country” when desired or apply for formal asylum, and will receive services from the International Organization for Migration and the U.N. refugee agency, officials said . Liberia emphasized its history of accepting people “seeking refuge from political and other crises” and stated it will not repatriate anyone until legal proceedings are complete. “The Government of the Republic of Liberia agrees not to return any person transferred to Liberia by the Government of the United States of America to their home country or country of former habitual residence until a final decision has been made regarding any pending protection claims,” officials said .
The U.S. awarded Liberia $5 million this year for “migration management activities,” Reuters reported. Liberia’s agreement makes it one of the largest such deals on the African continent, with the U.S. also reaching agreements with several other African countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Ghana and Sierra Leone . AFP journalists witnessed the arrival of the first group of deportees in Liberia .
Meanwhile, the U.S. deported more than 160 people to Haiti on Thursday, the first such flight since the Trump administration won a legal battle to end Temporary Protected Status for some 350,000 Haitians, ABC News reported . The plane landed in Cap-Haïtien because Port-au-Prince’s main airport is considered too dangerous due to ongoing gang violence. Haitian migration officials said the deportees included TPS holders and Haitians who had served prison sentences, and that some were not born in Haiti but are of Haitian descent.
Guatemala has also received about 2,284 Mexican nationals deported from the U.S. this year, Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo confirmed on Wednesday . The Mexican government has expressed opposition to the practice, stating that every Mexican citizen has the right to enter the country . Arevalo said the deportees are repatriated to Mexico within 24 hours, with costs covered by either the Mexican or U.S. government.
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