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U.S. deports dozens of migrants, including an Afghan national, to Central African Republic
A flight carrying individuals from Afghanistan, Iran, Nepal, and Nicaragua landed in Bangui despite a judge's prior order barring one deportee's return to Afghanistan.
The short version
- The U.S. deported dozens of people, including 12 Afghans and 8 Iranians, to the Central African Republic.
- Among those deported was an Afghan man whose family faced Taliban retaliation due to his brothers' work with the U.S. military.
- A U.S. judge had previously granted the Afghan man protection against deportation to his home country over fears of persecution.
Key facts
- A U.S. deportation flight carrying dozens of individuals, including 12 Afghans, 8 Iranians, and people from Nepal and Nicaragua, landed in Bangui, Central African Republic.[Associated Press]
- One deportee, an Afghan man in his early twenties, was granted protection against deportation to Afghanistan by a U.S. judge due to fear of Taliban persecution.[Associated Press]
- According to court filings and his attorney, the Afghan man's family received Taliban threats because his brothers supported the U.S. military, including a U.S.-trained pilot killed by the Taliban.[Associated Press]
What remains uncertain
- The legal basis and administrative arrangements allowing the U.S. to deport third-country nationals to the Central African Republic remain unclarified by government officials.[Associated Press]