Liberia Agrees to Accept up to 1,200 Third-Country Deportees From US

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.

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.

The deportees have in most cases obtained legal protection against repatriation after U.S. immigration ​judges ruled they risked torture or other abuses in their home countries.

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No information was immediately available on the nationalities of ​the deportees. The State Department said it does not disclose such details.

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Liberia said on Tuesday that the deportees would be received “as guests” who could leave when they wanted and who could apply for asylum in Liberia.

The statement said the deal ​did not involve a ​quid pro quo with ⁠Washington and Monrovia was not demanding compensation for taking the deportees.

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