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Trump admin's hardline deportation policy an 'attempt to break the global refugee and asylum system'

Since January 2025, the Trump administration has deported more than 25,000 migrants, refugees and asylum seekers from the United States to third countries that are not their own, including African nations such as Cameroon and Ghana, according to an investigation. Internal state department records reportedly showed $30 million was earmarked for Cameroon to support UN operations there in exchange for accepting 1,000 migrants, though only 44 were sent, and a federal appeals court ruled the third-country removals policy unlawful.

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What is Trump’s third-country deportation policy and who does it target?

The Guardian frames the story similarly as part of the same Forbidden Stories consortium investigation, but places more emphasis on the political architecture behind the policy (Stephen Miller, the Office of Remigration, its 'far-right' terminology), the financial scale ($410m pledged), and the legal status of the policy, highlighting a federal appeals court ruling that the third-country removals policy is unlawful. It frames the story more as a structural/political and legal accountability piece, with the human stories serving as illustrative rather than central.

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Deportation project: 72 journalists investigate US treatment of migrants

France 24's coverage (part of the Forbidden Stories consortium) frames the story as an investigative exposé of secretive US deals with African 'third countries,' emphasizing individual migrant testimonies (Barbara, Soraya, Rabbiatu, Malick), the human toll of deportation to unfamiliar countries, and the opacity/pressure tactics used by Washington (e.g., financial leverage on Cameroon, UNHCR funding disputes). It centers on human rights concerns, legal loopholes around 'withholding of removal,' and documents specific country deals with named sources like lawyers Awah Fru, Njeri, and NGO figures.

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