Liberia: Liberia Agrees to Receive 1,200 U.S. Deportees

[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 Je

Liberia says the deal is a "humanitarian arrangement" and is receiving no compensation.

Liberia has agreed to accept hundreds of people deported from the United States, in one of the largest such arrangements under the Trump administration’s migration policy. The deportees will arrive over a year, with the first group of 20 expected Thursday.

The Trump administration has launched a sweeping expansion to deportations where the government has argued it can send people to a country that is not their home nation.

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.

The arrangement is one of the largest known deals that the Trump administration has struck to expel migrants who cannot be sent back to their home countries.

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

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

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

Liberia agrees to take 1,200 deportees from the United States  AP News

Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, authorities in the West African country said Tuesday, in one of the largest such arrangements under the Trump administration’s policy aimed at deterring illegal migration.

Liberia agrees to take 1,200 deportees from the United States

Liberia agrees to take 1,200 deportees from the US  Toronto Star

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.