Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S.

In West Africa on 19 August 2026, Liberia agreed to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States. NPR described them as third-country deportees, and the BBC as foreign deportees. RT wrote that Liberia joined Trump's deportation drive with the deal. Daily Nation asked why Liberia is taking in the 1,200 US deportees.