00:02Twenty migrants deported from the United States have landed in Liberia.
00:07They're the first arrivals under a deal that could see up to 1,200 people sent there within a year.
00:15The plane touched down near the capital Monrovia on Thursday afternoon,
00:19where the new arrivals boarded a bus and were taken away by government staff.
00:25Liberia says the migrants are free to leave the country whenever they choose or to apply for asylum
00:31and insists they receive no compensation for taking part in the arrangement,
00:36though it will get support to strengthen its migration system.
00:40The move comes as President Trump's administration widens deportation eligibility,
00:46including for people who long held legal protection in the U.S. for fear of persecution in their home countries.
00:55fulfillments in their home countries.
00:55You
Comments