- About a dozen asylum seekers were deported from the U.S. to Sierra Leone and face being sent onward to their home countries—despite U.S. court orders that had barred such returns, lawyers say.
- Sierra Leone is treating arrivals as a “temporary transit” group and has a private contractor, Kenvah Solutions, managing their accommodation and transfers.
- The flights are part of wider, controversial U.S. “third‑country” deportation deals with several nations (backed by a $1.5M U.S. grant here), raising human‑rights and legal concerns.
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