# First group of US deportees arrives in Liberia under third-country deal

https://mins.news/en/item/27638

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-20 18:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/20/first-group-of-us-deportees-out-of-an-expected-1200-arrive-in-liberia?traffic_source=rss

> The first 20 people in a planned group of up to 1,200 US deportees have arrived in Monrovia, Liberia. The transfer is part of the Trump administration’s expanding use of third-country deportations. Critics fear smaller countries are being used as a “dumping ground”, while the administration describes the policy as necessary and deterrent.

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