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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

ICE deports Iranian asylum seeker to threat-filled African nation where US tells Americans ‘do not travel’

Donald Trump’s administration has deported at least one Iranian woman who sought asylum in the U.S. to a violence-plagued African nation, according to immigration lawyers.

She was among roughly two dozen people deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the Central African Republic, where the State Department tells Americans “do not travel” due to risk of “unrest, crime, kidnapping, landmines, health and terrorism.”

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