9 Deportees from US Arrive in Sierra Leone Under Third Country Agreement The arrival of nine migrants deported from the United States to Sierra Leone has raised renewed questions about the ethics and implications of the Trump administration's third country agreements.
These agreements have been widely criticized for disregarding human rights, and the deal with Sierra Leone is part of a larger pattern of the US using financial incentives and diplomatic pressure to push unwanted migrants onto countries struggling to provide basic care.
The specifics of this agreement are revealing. The US government has provided a $1. 5 million grant to Sierra Leone, which has a fragile healthcare system and ongoing recovery efforts from Ebola.