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Trump Administration Third-Country Deportations to Cameroon
The U.S. and Cameroon reached a third-country removal agreement via diplomatic notes in December 2025. Deportees, many holding U.S.-granted humanitarian protections, have been forcibly transferred across multiple flights.
The US and Cameroon reached a third-country removal agreement via diplomatic notes dated December 8, 2025. At least 36 people have been forcibly sent to Cameroon across four flights (Jan 15, Feb 16, Apr 29, May 27, 2026), many with US-granted humanitarian protections.
2026 Events (1)
ICE deported gay Moroccan asylum-seeker to Cameroon, circumventing judge's order barring removal to Morocco
On January 15, 2026, ICE deported Farah, a 21-year-old gay Moroccan asylum-seeker, from ICE custody in Alexandria, Louisiana to Cameroon, despite an immigration judge's August 2025 ruling that she could not be removed to Morocco because it would endanger her life. Farah, who fled Morocco after her own and her partner's families attacked her over her sexual orientation, was deported three days before a scheduled release hearing; unable to safely remain in Cameroon, where homosexuality is also illegal, she was then sent onward to Morocco — the country the order barred. DHS said it was "applying the law as written."
2025 Events (1)
United States and Cameroon reached undisclosed third-country deportation agreement
The United States and Cameroon reached a third-country removal agreement through diplomatic notes dated December 8, 2025, which were not made public until June 2026. At least 36 people have been forcibly sent to Cameroon across four flights between January and May 2026, many of whom had been granted U.S. humanitarian protections against return to their home countries.