Since January 2025, the Trump administration has deported more than 25,000 people to so-called “third countries” – places that are not their countries of origin. Key questions answered about scheme that has sent more than 25,000 people to countries that are not their ownBanished: Trump’s secret deportation dealsFreedom oppressed: journalists caught up in Trump crackdownSince 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 make... Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Since January 2025, the Trump administration has deported more than 25,000 people to so-called “third countries” – places that are not their countries of origin. Working with a team of 26 international media outlets, Forbidden Stories and FRANCE 24 have used i...S1

• Key questions answered about scheme that has sent more than 25,000 people to countries that are not their ownBanished: Trump’s secret deportation dealsFreedom oppressed: journalists caught up in Trump crackdownSince returning to office in 2025, Donald Trump’s...S2