Sierra Leone has agreed to accept up to 300 US-deported West African migrants annually under a new third-country nationals agreement with the Trump administration
FREETOWN — Sierra Leone has agreed to receive hundreds of West African migrants deported by the United States, Foreign Minister Timothy Kabba confirmed Friday, the latest deal in the Trump administration’s accelerating removals campaign.
The first flight, carrying 25 nationals from Senegal, Ghana, Guinea, and Nigeria, is expected to land in Freetown on May 20.
“Sierra Leone signed a Third Country National Agreement with the U.S. to accept 300 ECOWAS citizens from the U.S. per year with a maximum of 25 a month,” Kabba said.
The arrangement mirrors a similar deal with Ghana. It remains unclear whether deportees will be permitted to remain in Sierra Leone or be forced to return to their home countries — a pattern previously reported in other African third-country arrangements.
Kabba did not disclose what Sierra Leone would receive in return, saying only: “It’s part of our bilateral relationship with the U.S. to assist with its immigration policy.”
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