U.S. Third-Country Deportation Network Expands and Faces Limits

Chronology

1. 21-08-2026
   Liberia Accepts First U.S. Third-Country Deportees

   4 articles

   Liberia has received the first 20 migrants deported from the United States under a new agreement allowing Washington to send up to 1,200 non-Liberian nationals there over the next year. The arrivals, reportedly including people from Venezuela, Cuba and Colombia, may apply for asy…
2. 19-09-2026
   Appeals Court Restricts Trump’s Third-Country Deportations

   3 articles

   The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has largely upheld a lower-court ruling limiting the Trump administration’s policy of rapidly deporting migrants to countries other than their own. The unanimous panel ruled that migrants must receive advance, effective notice of the …
3. 21-09-2026
   Trump’s Secret Third-Country Deportation Network

   9 articles

   Investigations by Forbidden Stories, France 24, RFI, The Guardian, The Washington Post and partner outlets document the rapid expansion of a largely opaque US deportation system that sends migrants to countries they have never known, often despite legal protection from removal to…
4. 30-09-2026
   Burundi Joins US Third-Country Deportation Program

   5 articles

   Burundi has agreed to accept some migrants deported by the United States to countries other than their countries of origin, joining several African nations involved in the Trump administration’s expanded deportation policy. Burundian officials say the country will accept only peo…