By: Isaac Kwabena Boadu Date: 16th May, 2026
Sierra Leone has agreed to take in hundreds of West African migrants deported from the United States under a new third-country agreement, Foreign Minister Timothy Musa Kabba announced on Friday.
The deal will see deportees from Senegal, Ghana, Guinea, and Nigeria transferred to Sierra Leone rather than returned directly to their home countries.
The first flight, carrying 25 deportees, is scheduled to arrive on May 20, Hon. Kabba said. Hon. Kabba did not specify the total number of migrants covered by the agreement or the duration of the arrangement.
Third-country deportation deals involve one nation accepting migrants removed from another country when direct repatriation is not possible or desired. The U.S. has pursued similar agreements in recent years with several countries across Africa and Latin America.
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