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

LIBERIA SAYS DEAL NOT 'A QUID PRO QUO' Other African ‌countries ⁠including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Ghana and Sierra Leone have also accepted third-country deportees.

Since taking office in January last year, the Trump administration has struck several deals ​with African countries on deporting people it cannot legally send to their ⁠home countries.

Washington has defended the third-country ​deals as lawful, although rights groups and advocates have said the details are opaque and many of the deportees are ultimately repatriated.