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More than a dozen United Nations human rights experts have called on the U.S. government to halt its third-country migrant deportation policy, warning that the practice could expose vulnerable people to torture, persecution and other serious abuses.
The Trump administration has reached agreements with several African governments since last year to accept migrants who cannot legally be deported to their countries of origin. Some migrants transferred under these arrangements had previously received protection from U.S. judges after courts determined they could face abuse if returned home.
According to the UN experts, at least 23,000 third-country nationals have been deported to 29 countries and territories. Human rights organizations have raised concerns about conditions in some receiving nations, including Equatorial Guinea, where police reportedly drew firearms on migrants, and the Central African Republic, which is accepting Iranian deportees.
The experts warned that the consequences of the U.S. deportation policy were already materializing and could result in a series of human rights violations. They identified children, women, people with disabilities, trafficking victims, LGBT individuals, human rights defenders and stateless people among those facing particularly serious risks.
The U.S. diplomatic mission to the UN in Geneva did not immediately comment. Washington has previously maintained that its third-country deportation agreements are legal and that removals are conducted in accordance with U.S. immigration law.
The policy is also facing legal challenges in the United States. President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court this month to allow his administration to continue the deportation program after lower courts ruled against it.
The UN experts also contacted 35 countries and territories that they said had agreements with Washington to receive deported migrants.
The experts operate under mandates established by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council to examine specific human rights issues and crises, but they serve independently rather than as representatives of the United Nations itself.
