Deported to the unknown: asylum seekers shipped to Africa under U.S. third-country deals
A CNN investigation follows Iranian activist Nika, who, despite asylum protections, was deported from the United States to the Central African Republic under a third-country agreement. Her case illustrates a growing pattern of sending migrants to countries they’ve never lived in, often unsafe, as the U.S. tightens immigration policy. She faces fear, malaria, and an uncertain future while lawyers pursue legal action to return her to the U.S., and a new wave of deportations to Africa continues.
