00:02The first group of 20 people arrived in Monrovia on Thursday, under heavy security after being deported by the United
00:10States.
00:10The arrival marks the start of an agreement for Liberia to accept third-country deportees from the U.S.,
00:17with the country agreeing to receive up to 1,200 people over the next 12 months.
00:22The Liberian government said most deportees are from Latin American countries, including Venezuela, Cuba, and Colombia.
00:30They said the arrivals would be treated as guests, allowed to leave freely and able to seek asylum in the
00:36country.
00:37The agreement is part of a broader U.S. effort to deport migrants who cannot be returned directly to their
00:43home countries.
00:44Many of the deportees have legal protection from being returned to their home countries
00:49after U.S. immigration judges found they could face torture or other abuse.
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