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Trump Administration Third-Country Deportations to Belize
Belize signed a third-country removal agreement with the U.S. in October 2025, disclosed publicly five months later. Deportation flights carrying third-country nationals began arriving in mid-2026.
Belize signed a Safe Third Country Agreement (Asylum Cooperative Agreement) with the United States on October 20, 2025, made public March 11, 2026. The first deportation flight arrived July 10, 2026 (one Haitian asylum seeker), with a second flight July 30, 2026.
2025 Events (1)
United States and Belize signed safe third-country agreement diverting asylum seekers
The United States and Belize signed a "safe third country" agreement on October 20, 2025, allowing the U.S. to transfer Central American and Caribbean asylum seekers to Belize to pursue protection claims there instead of in the U.S. The agreement's text was not made public and required ratification by Belize's Senate that November; the first deportation flight arrived July 10, 2026, carrying one Haitian asylum seeker.