First US deportees arrive in Liberia under controversial third-country deal

Twenty migrants deported from the United States have arrived in Liberia, the first group of up to 1,200 people the West African country says it will receive under a new agreement.

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. T

The West African nation of Liberia received the first group of "third country" deportees from the U.S. on Thursday, including migrants from Latin America, U.S. officials told CBS News.

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The United States has sent 20 deportees to Liberia as part of a new deal involving 1,200 migrants

The United States has sent 20 deportees to Liberia as part of a new deal involving 1,200 migrants

Liberia is part of a growing list of partners under US President Donald Trump to accept third-country deportations.

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 first group of illegal migrants has landed in Liberia after the African nation agreed to take 1,200 illegals.

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.

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.

US sends 20 deportees to Liberia, part of 1,200 migrants the country will receive under new deal  Toronto Star

US sends 20 deportees to Liberia, part of 1,200 migrants the country will receive under new deal  AP News

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.

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.

Liberia ‌has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. in the next 12 months, with an initial group of 20 deportees expected to arrive on Thursday, the government said in a statement on ​Tuesday.

Liberia agreed to accept 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. over the next year, with the first group of 20 expected to arrive on Thursday.

Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, authorities in the West African country said Tuesday.

Liberia agrees to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from US  Reuters

U.S. Planning To Send 1,200 Third-Country Deportees To Liberia  HuffPost

MONROVIA, Aug 18 - Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. in the coming year, and an initial group of 20 deportees is expected to arrive in the West African nation on Thursday, a government statement said on Tuesday.