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United States Begins Deportations to Liberia Under New Agreement

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Who reported this

  • 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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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 approximately 40 miles east of Monrovia, according to a spokesman for the Liberian government. This initiative is part of a broader plan by the Trump administration to send migrants to third party countries.

How each side framed it

Centre
The reporting focused on the specific terms of the pact and the number of people to be accepted.
Centre-right
The reporting framed the deportations as part of a wider strategic plan by President Trump to utilize third party countries.

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