A new deportation flight from the United States has arrived in Cameroon, but the migrants on board are reportedly not Cameroonian and, according to their lawyers, have no connection to the country.
The group landed in Yaoundé on February 16, just weeks after another set of nine deportees was quietly sent there under Donald Trump’s controversial deportation policy. Earlier reports said the first group included migrants from countries such as Zimbabwe, Morocco, and Ghana.
Lawyers representing the deportees argue that sending them to Cameroon violates US court orders that had granted them protection from removal. The White House has confirmed the flight but has not provided full details.
Cameroon is one of several African countries where the US has recently deported third-country migrants under secretive agreements. Similar removals have reportedly involved South Sudan, Rwanda, Uganda, Eswatini, and others, sometimes with US financial support for host countries.
Critics say these deportations raise serious human rights and due process concerns, especially when migrants are sent to unfamiliar countries where they may face insecurity or lack legal protection.
SOURCE: TRT AFRICA
