Third-country deportations

“You Have Arrived in Hell”

The 81-page report, “‘You Have Arrived in Hell’: Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison,” provides a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Salvador. In March and April 2025, the US government sent 252 Venezuelans, including dozens of asylum seekers, to the Center for Terrorism Confinement (Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, CECOT) mega prison in El Salvador, despite credible reports of serious human rights abuses in El Salvador’s prisons. The Venezuelans were subject to refoulement—being sent to where they would face torture or persecution—arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, torture, inhumane detention conditions and, in some cases, sexual violence.

Watch the 60 Minutes Inside CECOT segment Bari Weiss doesn’t want you to see

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Read the CBS Report Bari Weiss Doesn’t Want You to See

A transcript of the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador.

Tracking All of Trump’s Known Third-Country Removals

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Third Country Deportation Watch

Monitoring the human cost of the U.S. government’s forced third country transfer agreements.

‘Shoot Him!’: Police Threaten Third-Country Nationals Imprisoned in African Hotel

‘I’m fighting for my life,’ said Ahmed Soliman after the latest in a string of abusive incidents in Equatorial Guinea, where ICE expelled him five months ago.

EXCLUSIVE: Equatorial Guinea police pull guns on migrants deported by Trump, witnesses say

The incident has intensified concerns about the treatment and safety of people sent to the Central African nation under a U.S. deportation programme.

Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say

Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.

The 8 ‘third countries’ where ICE deports the most people

Many of the people sent to these countries have no ties to the nation at all