# Third-country removals: Trump’s deportation policy by the numbers

https://mins.news/en/item/66809

- France 24, 2026-09-21 05:04 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260921-third-country-removals-trump-deportation-policy-numbers

> Since January 2025, the Trump administration has deported more than 25,000 people to so-called third countries rather than their countries of origin. Forbidden Stories and FRANCE 24, working with 26 international media outlets, counted and mapped the removals using NGO information and open-source data, exposing the scale of the mass campaign carried out out of public view.

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