Inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the US are imprisoned
Summary
The United States government made a $7.5 million deal with Equatorial Guinea to hold asylum seekers deported from the U.S. at a hotel owned by the country's president’s family. Since late 2025, at least 32 people who had won asylum protection in U.S. courts have been kept at the hotel, with many forced to return to African countries they fear.Key Facts
- The Bamy Hotel in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, is used as a detention center for U.S.-deported asylum seekers.
- The deal between the U.S. government and Equatorial Guinea is worth $7.5 million.
- Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo’s family owns the hotel.
- At least 32 asylum seekers have been held there since November 2025.
- Most of these asylum seekers were already approved for protection by U.S. judges.
- About 25 people have been forced to return to their countries of origin, where they fear danger.
- The U.S. uses deportations to third countries to bypass immigration protections, according to lawyers.
- Equatorial Guinea is an authoritarian country, making it hard for foreign journalists to report on the conditions there.
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