What is Trump’s third-country deportation policy and who does it target?
Key questions answered about scheme that has sent more than 25,000 people to countries that are not their own Banished: Trump’s secret deportation deals Freedom oppressed: journalists caught up in Trump crackdown Since returning to office in 2025, Donald Trump’s administration has deported more than 25,000 migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to countries that are not their own. Human rights lawyers describe these so-called third-country national arrangements as a “show of force”, intended to …

