Equatorial Guinea: US Third Country Deportations to Another Country Accused of Widespread Corruption and Human Rights Abuses

Since late 2025, the United States has been deporting individuals, including those with existing protection orders, to Equatorial Guinea under a secretive bilateral temporary transfer agreement that is similar to others set up by the US with countries across Africa and Latin America. Reports indicate that upon arrival the deportees have been detained in a […]

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Bamy Hotel in Malabo, where third country nationals removed from the United States have been detained. Source: Google

Cameroon: Another Third-Country Removal Scheme Ending with Detention

This year, the Trump administration has quietly deported seventeen men and women to Cameroon under a murky arrangement that is part of broader U.S. efforts to send “unremovable” migrants and asylum seekers to third countries. Upon arrival in the capital Yaoundé, the deportees were reportedly detained and threatened with removal to their countries of origin. […]

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A screenshot by the ICE Flight Monitor shows the flight path of flight OAE4060, which landed in Cameroon's capital on 16 February 2026