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US flight carrying deported migrants lands in Central African Republic

A general view shows part of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic, February 16, 2016.
A general view shows part of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic on February 16, 2016. © Siegfried Modola, Reuters

The first plane carrying Iranian, Afghan, Turkish and Georgian migrants deported from the United States arrived in Bangui in the Central African Republic on Friday evening as part of a controversial US programme to send undocumented foreigners – some of whom have legal protections – to third countries. The Central African Republic is the latest country to join the list of African nations that have agreed to accept people deported from the US.

A US deportation flight landed in the Central African Republic on Friday, lawyers and activists said, carrying nationals from Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Georgia as part of the latest "third-country" deportation under US President Donald Trump.

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