Rights Groups Challenge U.S. Deportations in Africa
Advocacy groups filed a complaint with the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights on behalf of 14 people deported from the U.S. to Equatorial Guinea. The filing seeks to halt further repatriations for those who previously held legal protection against removal.
Advocacy groups filed a human rights complaint against Equatorial Guinea on Friday following the deportation of 14 people from the United States. The filing with the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights targets the use of third-country removals to African nations. The complaint aims to mobilize continental opposition to the United States administration's immigration policies.
