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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong> <\/span>Between night flights and African prisons, stories of migrants who aimed for the United States but became “legal goods” in secret deportation deals to Africa are being written today. This was executed at the behest of the Trump administration, which adopted a carrot-and-stick policy to achieve this goal, issuing threats at times and offering dollars at others to deport migrants.<\/p>\n

The migrant Viap, who came from Cambodia, did not know that the road to the “American dream” would end with him in a high-security prison in Eswatini. Similarly, Khalid, who fled torture in his African country, could not have imagined being returned to a continent where he was born as an undocumented exile without protection.<\/p>\n

The situation began with threats to suspend American visas for several countries in Africa, after which Washington started distributing migrants who had come to it from various parts of the world to the African continent.<\/p>\n

Thus, the Cambodian Viap Rom, aged 43, found himself in a high-security prison in the Kingdom of Eswatini, a small country in Southern Africa formerly known as Swaziland, ruled with an iron fist by King Mswati III. Rom asks in astonishment: “I don\u2019t understand why I am being deported to Africa knowing that I am Cambodian?”<\/p>\n

Others were deported to the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda, while some disappeared from sight after being sent to South Sudan, a country torn by war.<\/p>\n

Trump’s Priority<\/b><\/p>\n

According to two former officials from the U.S. State Department, the United States uses visa suspension as leverage to pressure African countries to accept the reception of citizens from third countries as part of the campaign led by the American president against immigration.<\/p>\n

After the start of his second term at the beginning of last year, Trump expanded the reasons for deportation and executed mass expulsions of migrants towards Latin America.<\/p>\n

Among these were more than 250 Venezuelans sent to El Salvador, accused without evidence or trial of belonging to a criminal group, and held for months in a detention center for counter-terrorism operations (SICOT).<\/p>\n

In June of last year, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the president’s decision to cancel a law that protected 350,000 Haitians.<\/p>\n

Two-thirds of the 39 countries in the world targeted by visa suspension are located in Africa. According to a survey conducted by non-governmental organizations and Democratic members of the U.S. Senate, nearly half of the countries that have made agreements to accept individuals deported from the United States are African countries.<\/p>\n

Human Rights Condemnation<\/b><\/p>\n

Lawyers condemned this deportation, which places migrants in a legally precarious situation, as they find themselves detained in an unknown country without any charges, sometimes deprived of their rights, and at risk of being deported to another country or back to their home countries, facing dangers to their lives.<\/p>\n

The White House did not respond to requests for comment from a local source. The U.S. State Department stated that “implementing the immigration policies adopted by the Trump administration is a top priority.”<\/p>\n

Former officials from the U.S. State Department say that the formula for deportation to third countries was devised by the president’s advisor Stephen Miller, known for his hardline stance, in collaboration with the National Security Council.<\/p>\n

The Stick of Threats and the Carrot of Dollars<\/b><\/p>\n

To achieve its goals, the U.S. administration employed a carrot-and-stick policy, as well as millions of dollars or aid allocated under secret agreements made with African countries.<\/p>\n

The administration pressures these countries through threats related to tariffs, visa suspensions, or reductions in aid.<\/p>\n

Thus, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), the last absolute monarchy in Africa, committed to receiving 160 deported individuals in exchange for $5.1 million, according to a report by U.S. senators.<\/p>\n

Rwanda agreed to accept up to 250 individuals in exchange for $7.5 million in U.S. aid, according to the human rights organization Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n

Lawyer Tin Than Nguyen, residing in the United States, told a local source that it is “akin to modern human trafficking through official channels.”<\/p>\n

Between Sky and Earth<\/b><\/p>\n

Some of the migrants deported to Africa had been benefiting from legal protection under the Convention Against Torture or from a stay of deportation, according to testimonies collected by a local source over the past year.<\/p>\n

These individuals were placed on night flights and informed of their deportation after boarding the plane, without knowing their destination, handcuffed and unable to speak to their lawyers, they said.<\/p>\n

Khalid, aged 23, recounts that he crossed the Mexican border in 2024 fleeing torture in his East African country. When a judge granted him legal status protecting him from deportation, he wished him “good luck” in his new life in the United States.<\/p>\n

However, he was deported without his documents to Equatorial Guinea, a country criticized by human rights defenders where he remains stuck.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, the government of the oil-rich Spanish-speaking country located in Central Africa informed him that he could not stay and sent him back on a flight towards his home country, which in turn sent him back to where he came from due to the lack of official documents.<\/p>\n

He cannot leave Equatorial Guinea today, nor can he apply for asylum there, a procedure not practiced in this country, as confirmed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Khalid sadly states that the American authorities “do not know whether we are alive, know nothing about us.”<\/p>\n

Lawyer Meredith Yoon, residing in the United States, says, “I do not know any immigration law specialist who has told their clients protected under the Convention Against Torture or a stay of deportation: be careful, you may be deported to a third country; rather, it has always been, you have won.”<\/p>\n

According to the Trump administration, if this legal status prevents the return of these migrants to their home countries, nothing prevents them from being deported to another country.<\/p>\n

Forced Return<\/b><\/p>\n

Some of these migrants had been living normal lives for years, including without any special legal status, like Roberto Mosquera, a Cuban who arrived in Florida as a child, then married there and had three daughters.<\/p>\n

This 59-year-old plumber lost his residency card during a routine inspection in Miramar in Southeast Florida, where he was detained by immigration authorities and then disappeared for weeks.<\/p>\n

Initially, the government assured his family that he had been returned to Cuba, which rarely accepts the return of its citizens. However, one day, Ada (a pseudonym) recognized him in a photo published by then-Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McAuliffe on the platform “X.”<\/p>\n

It turned out that Roberto Mosquera was deported to Eswatini and held in Matsapha Prison, located 30 kilometers south of the capital Mbabane, known as “the place where opponents of the king rot.” He had still been there nearly a year later. According to the latest news received by Ada from him in the fall, he had lost his hair and had lost a lot of weight.<\/p>\n

In this prison, the Cambodian Viap Rom also spent weeks. He recounted, from Phnom Penh after being returned to his country, that he and other prisoners “tasted misery” there, with only one outing a day for 15 minutes and one phone call allowed per week.<\/p>\n

Those sent to Ghana were also secretly held in a camp without any charges against them. Some were transferred to Togo without documents, while others were returned to their countries, according to American court documents. Among these was a bisexual man from Gambia, where homosexuality is a crime.<\/p>\n

Denying Responsibility<\/b><\/p>\n

A former U.S. State Department official stated, “Once they are out of American hands, other countries can do whatever they want with them; we wash our hands of the matter.”<\/p>\n

According to lawyer Mi Yoon, the U.S. administration is effectively using these third countries to carry out deportations that it cannot legally execute itself.<\/p>\n

She clarifies, saying, “These governments receive money from the United States to manage the affairs of the deported individuals only to then deport them back to their home countries. It is a sequential and illegal deportation.”<\/p>\n

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency confirmed in a statement to a local source that these agreements “ensure respect for the legal procedures outlined in the U.S. Constitution.”<\/p>\n

Visa Extortion<\/b><\/p>\n

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Cameroon, the International Organization for Migration is pressuring migrants arriving from the United States to sign up for a “voluntary” return program to their home countries, according to lawyer David.<\/p>\n

Colombian Gabriela, 30, when she met a local source in April at a hotel in Kinshasa near the airport, said, “They are tightening the noose on us because they tell us if you do not accept the return program to your home, you will remain stuck in this predicament here in Congo.” She added, “I did not want to go to Congo; I am scared and do not know the language.”<\/p>\n

Another former U.S. State Department official stated that the Trump administration imposed on the concerned countries, to reverse their decision to suspend visa issuance, to make concessions, including sharing data on known criminals, encouraging respect for the validity of visas granted to their citizens, and repatriating their citizens targeted by deportation decisions.<\/p>\n

However, it turned out that the best way to avoid falling under this procedure again was to accept migrants from third countries, according to the official. He said, “I do not know of a single country that succeeded in getting off the list without making an agreement” in this regard.<\/p>\n

Burkina Faso, currently ruled by a military authority hostile to the West, refused to do so. Burkina Faso’s Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore\u0301 said after the U.S. embassy in Ouagadougou suddenly stopped processing visa applications, “Is it a means of pressure? Is it extortion?” adding, “Burkina Faso is a land of dignity, not a land of deportation.”<\/p>\n

When Abuja refused last year the American offers to accept Venezuelans, a former Nigerian government official said, “We knew there would be consequences.” This was quickly followed by visa restrictions. However, many African countries accepted the offer, as stated by the two former U.S. State Department officials.<\/p>\n

Shortly after Ghana hosted deportees from West Africa, Washington lifted visa restrictions for arrivals from this country and canceled a 15% tariff on cocoa and agricultural products exported from it.<\/p>\n

Ghana’s Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa spoke of “humanitarian reasons and African solidarity” to justify accepting migrants coming from the United States.<\/p>\n

Unknown Fate<\/b><\/p>\n

The number of people deported from the United States has not been disclosed, nor has the list of countries that accepted to host them, nor the precise details of the agreements made with Washington.<\/p>\n

According to a report by Democratic senators, 9 out of 25 countries that made agreements to accept individuals deported from the United States are located in Africa.<\/p>\n

According to a survey by non-governmental organizations, 40% of confirmed or presumed agreements were signed with African countries (14 out of 34).<\/p>\n

The Senate report did not mention, for example, Sierra Leone, which received the first deportees in May, nor the Central African Republic, which received deportees in June, including individuals of Iranian nationality.<\/p>\n

Lawyers often do not even know where their clients are being held, and regarding those sent to South Sudan, lawyer Nguyen clarifies that he only knows that they are in a “secret place” and that “soldiers guard them.”<\/p>\n

Some migrants found themselves in a third country, even though they had not benefited from any legal protection preventing their return to their home countries.<\/p>\n

Another Plane<\/b><\/p>\n

After spending two years in prison for attempted fraud, Nigerian Benjamin\u2014who is in his forties, holds a permanent residency card, and is married to an American\u2014imagined he would return to his family.<\/p>\n

He thought that the deportation proceedings that began upon his release from prison would be canceled, as a judge decided that he should be granted protection from deportation to his country, considering his previous political involvement in Nigeria. Instead, he found himself in Ghana, stuck in a camp with others, exposed to mosquitoes and diseases.<\/p>\n

Under pressure from lawyers, the Ghanaian government released them and transported them to the border, leaving them without documents in neighboring Togo, where the situation is “terrible,” as Benjamin describes it.<\/p>\n

Find more news and analyses on Malawi<\/span> on the Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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