Summary
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 foreigners deported from the United States over the next year. The deportees are not criminals and will be treated as guests, with the option to apply for asylum.
Key Facts
- Liberia will receive up to 1,200 deportees from the US in the next year.
- The first group of 20 deportees is expected to arrive soon.
- None of the deportees are criminals or wanted for crimes in the US or Liberia.
- Liberia views this as a humanitarian act, continuing its tradition of sheltering people fleeing persecution and conflict.
- The US has made similar deals with other African countries like Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, DR Congo, and Sierra Leone.
- Some deportees have been sent to third countries when they cannot be returned to their original home countries.
- Liberia has not received money for accepting deportees but will get US support to manage the program.
- The US State Department has not publicly commented on this agreement.
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