There has been public uproar in Liberia following reports that a Salvadoran national, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is set to be transferred to the country from the U.S. Foreign Minister Sara Beysolow Nyanti, at a hastily arranged news conference after the news broke, denied that the government is under diplomatic pressure to receive the Salvadoran.
Minister Nyanti said the government was approached through "formal diplomatic channels," and it agreed after assurances from U.S. authorities regarding his treatment and status." She said Garcia is not entering the country as a prisoner or criminal, and that his stay would be temporary.
The Salvadoran was illegally deported from the U.S. in March 2025, an action that was later described as an error by U.S. authorities. He has faced allegations of transporting undocumented migrants and gang membership.
The Liberian government has said no formal request was made for the country to receive illegal migrants from the U.S. This comes amid growing public concern after media reports that the five African heads of state who visited the White House on July 9 were asked by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to accept deportees
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A new group of migrants who have been deported from the United States arrived at Kotoka International Airport in Accra aboard a Boeing 767-200 from Baltimore, according to Ghanaian lawyer Oliver Barker-Vormawor. He said details about the number and nationalities of the deportees were not yet available.
So far, they have only confirmed the arrival of 14 West African nationals deported from the US since 10
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The U.S. has deported 10 people to Eswatini, the government announced. This is the second batch of deportees that the Trump administration has sent to Eswatini as part of its hard-line approach towards immigration. Officials declined to release details about the individuals but confirmed they were being held at Matsapha Maximum
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The U.S. has deported five people whom it described as "criminal illegal aliens" to Eswatini. The deportees are originally from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba, and Yemen, and had been convicted of serious crimes such as murder and child rape. Homeland Security official Tricia McLaughlin said that their home countries had refused to take them back, prompting the US to send them to Eswatini as a "safe third country."
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President Donald Trump greets President Joseph Nyuma Boakai of Liberia in the Oval Office, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, before a multilateral luncheon with African leaders. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
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