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United States Begins Deportations to Liberia Under New Agreement

The United States has begun deporting immigrants to Liberia as part of a pact for the West African nation to accept up to 1,200 non Liberians over the next year. A plane carrying an initial group of deportees landed Thursday at Roberts International Airport, located…

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2 sources · United States

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  • Associated Press United States · Centre · Non-profit news cooperative
  • Wall Street Journal United States · Centre-right · News Corp (Murdoch family trust)

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· morning

Liberia Receives First Group of Third Country Deportees from United States

The first flight of deportees from the United States arrived in Liberia on Thursday, carrying 20 individuals. This arrival is part of an agreement announced on Tuesday in which Liberia agreed to accept up to 1,200 third country deportees over the next year. According to…

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5 sources across 5 countries · 1 of them is linked to a state

Who reported this

  • Sueddeutsche Zeitung Germany · Centre-left · Sudwestdeutsche Medien Holding
  • Telex Hungary · Centre · Reader-funded, staff-owned
  • The Jerusalem Post Israel · Centre-right · Mirkaei Tikshoret (Eli Azur)
  • Al Jazeera Qatar · Centre-left · State-affiliated · Qatari government funded
  • Reuters United Kingdom · Centre · Thomson Reuters Corporation

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

· evening

Liberia Begins Accepting Third Country Deportees Under Agreement With United States

Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third country deportees from the United States over the next 12 months. The first group of 20 people arrived at Roberts International Airport outside Monrovia on Thursday. The deportees include citizens of African and Western Hemisphere…

development
3 sources across 2 countries · Germany · United Kingdom

Who reported this

  • Sueddeutsche Zeitung Germany · Centre-left · Sudwestdeutsche Medien Holding
  • Deutsche Welle Germany · Centre · Public · German federal public-law corporation
  • The Guardian United Kingdom · Centre-left · Scott Trust Limited

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

· morning