Deportees who refused to exit a U.S. flight in Liberia are sent to Equatorial Guinea

Six people deported by the U.S. to Liberia last week resisted getting off the plane and were sent to another country none of them were from.

Deportees who refused to exit a US flight in Liberia are sent to Equatorial Guinea  AP News

Deportees who refused to exit a US flight in Liberia are sent to Equatorial Guinea  Toronto Star

Six people deported by the U.S. to Liberia last week resisted getting off the plane

The western African nation of Liberia has received the first round of "third country" deportees from the United States. The plane with roughly 20 deportees landed on Thursday. U.S. officials tell CBS News some of the passengers refused to deboard upon landing. The Trump administration has brokered deals with at least 3

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.

Three Cuban men, one Brazilian man and one Cameroonian woman reportedly refused to get off the plane in Liberia.

Authorities in Monrovia announced on Tuesday the country would accept up to 1,200 foreign nationals deported from the US within a year.