UN Experts Demand Halt to US Third-Country Deportations Amid 'Cascade' of Rights Violations
A group of 24 UN human rights experts issued a joint statement on September 28, 2026, warning that the US government’s policy of deporting migrants to third countries is causing a 'cascade of human rights violations.' The experts, who advise the UN Human Rights Council, stated that these transfers expose individuals to torture, enforced disappearance, and trafficking. They called on the US and the 35 partner nations to immediately halt the arrangements, noting that many receiving countries lack the infrastructure to protect migrants and are often engulfed in conflict. The statement follows a recent investigation by an international consortium of journalists that documented the scale and human cost of these removals.
