Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the US
- Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, according to Liberian authorities.
- The deportees are expected to arrive within a year, and the first group of 20 is due on Thursday.
- Liberia said the group will include Africans as well as people from North America, South America and the Caribbean.
- Liberian officials said the migrants were screened before arrival, and the justice minister said most had immigration violations or offenses.
- Liberian officials said the program is humanitarian, and that the United States will provide support to help manage it and strengthen Liberia's migration system.
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, officials in the West African country said Tuesday. The first group of 20 is expected to arrive on Thursday, and the transfers are to take place within a year.
Liberian officials said the deportees will include Africans and nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean. Information Minister Jerolinmek Piah said the list was screened before arrival, while Justice Minister Natu Oswald Tweh said most of those selected had immigration violations or offenses.
Piah said the people may seek asylum in Liberia after arrival or leave the country whenever they want. He said the arrangement is humanitarian and that the United States will help support the program and Liberia's migration system. The report also noted that advocates and immigration lawyers have criticized third-country deportations as a way to send migrants to places they may not be from.
利比里亚同意接收1200名来自美国的第三国被驱逐者
利比里亚西部地区官员周二表示，利比里亚已同意接收最多1200名来自美国的第三国被驱逐者。首批20人预计将于周四抵达，相关转移将在一年内完成。
利比里亚官员说，这批被驱逐者将包括非洲人，以及来自北美、南美和加勒比地区的国民。信息部长杰罗林梅克·皮亚表示，名单在抵达前已经过筛查；司法部长纳图·奥斯瓦尔德·特维则说，被选中的大多数人存在移民违规或违法行为。
皮亚说，这些人抵达后可以在利比里亚申请庇护，也可以随时离开该国。他表示，这一安排具有人道性质，美国将为该项目和利比里亚的移民体系提供支持。报道还提到，倡导者和移民律师批评第三国驱逐做法，认为这可能把移民送往并非其原籍的国家。