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Sierra Leone Signs Deal to Take 300 US-Deported ECOWAS Migrants

5/16/2026

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Sierra Leone signed an agreement with the United States to receive up to 300 ECOWAS migrants annually.
The first group of 25 migrants from Senegal, Ghana, Guinea and Nigeria will arrive in Freetown on May 20, the monthly cap.
Legal experts criticize sending deportees to nations where they lack citizenship.
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee report said the United States has transferred over $32 million to countries in similar deportation programs.

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Sierra Leone signed an agreement with the United States to receive up to 300 ECOWAS migrants annually.
The first group of 25 migrants from Senegal, Ghana, Guinea and Nigeria will arrive in Freetown on May 20, the monthly cap.
Legal experts criticize sending deportees to nations where they lack citizenship.
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee report said the United States has transferred over $32 million to countries in similar deportation programs.