US Deports 20 Afghans and Iranians to Central African Republic in 3rd Flight This Year
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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 30
US Deports 20 Afghans and Iranians to Central African Republic in 3rd Flight This Year
3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 30
Summary
A US deportation flight landed in Bangui on Saturday carrying 20 people — 12 Afghans and eight Iranians — plus several deportees from Nepal and Nicaragua.
One Afghan man in his early 20s had won US court protection from removal to Afghanistan, but his lawyer and rights groups said he was still sent to the Central African Republic.
Court documents said his family had been threatened by the Taliban over relatives' work with US forces; one brother served in the Afghan army and another US-trained pilot was later killed.
Human Rights First said the Bangui flight was the third US deportation to the Central African Republic this year, part of broader third-country removals under Trump's immigration crackdown.
The destination underscores the risk: the State Department advises Americans not to travel to the Central African Republic for any reason, citing unrest, crime, kidnapping, health threats and terrorism.