Deportation

Burundi agrees to receive US third-country deportees, excluding those with crime or terror links

Washington has sent so-called third-country deportees to some half a dozen African nations under opaque deals that Senate Democrats say have cost tens of millions ​of dollars.

Burundian nationals stand outside their country's embassy as they seek travel documents to return to Burundi despite Kenya's government offering a temporary amnesty to undocumented East African nationals fearing a crackdown on small-scale traders from abroad, in Nairobi, Kenya, September 8, 2026.
 general view outside the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse before a preliminary hearing for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Christian Castro on September 18, 2026 in St Paul, Minnesota.

Immigration judge clears deportation of Milwaukee Muslim leader on security threat grounds

Yehonatan Ovadia, left, holds a Palestinian flag while participating in an anti-Israel protest alongside other anti-Zionist Hasidic Jews who are holding signs from the Neturei Karta group.

Anti-Zionist Hasidic man faces deportation to Israel after US protest arrest

 Abu Wadei posing with an M4 carbine, Facebook account @Abo Wadie Alkassas

Pro-Hamas Palestinian who entered UK illegally now living in taxpayer-funded asylum housing


Trump slaps retaliatory measures on Colombia after it turns away deportation flights

The measures include imposing emergency 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the US; a travel ban and visa revocations on Colombian government officials; and Treasury and banking sanctions.

US President Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024.

'We have to end it': Trump plans to abolish birthright citizenship in the US

In an interview, Trump discussed ending birthright citizenship and removing rights from those born in the country to undocumented parents, NBC News reported. 

US President Donald Trump attends a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, US, November 19, 2024.

Biden delays deporting Lebanese citizens from US over Hezbollah-Israel conflict

The deferred designation, which lasts 18 months, allows Lebanese citizens to remain in the country with the right to work, according to a memorandum Biden sent to the Department of Homeland Security.

 Smoke rises after after rockets fired from Lebanon hit open areas near the northern Israeli town of Katzrin, July 9, 2024.

Three Jewish organizations express alarm over GOP’s mass deportation plan

The Republican platform, published this week, pledges to “carry out the largest deportation operation in American history.”

A family evacuated from Afghanistan is led through the arrival terminal at Dulles International Airport in the Washington area to board a bus that will take them to a refugee processing center, Aug. 25, 2021.

German government discusses deportations to Afghanistan via Uzbekistan, Taliban out of talks

The delegation suggested to the Uzbek government that Afghan deportation candidates should be brought to Tashkent. From there they could be transported to Kabul.

A person holds a poster depicting a cover of Der Spiegel magazine with a picture of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and a quote, reading: "We must finally deport on a grand scale" during a right wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party protest, one week after a man killed a policeman with a knife in t

Iranian Baloch human rights activist at risk of deportation from Sweden - report

The activist and her family were repeatedly threatened by the regime during the protests that swept Iran in 2022.

 A woman in Zahedan holds a sign reading "What you’ve washed with blood is my dear soul."

Israeli Ministerial Committee approves imprisonment for denying Oct. 7, ZAKA compensation

The bills were issued by Israeli politicians from three different parties.

 Zaka personnel work at a field with destroyed cars from the October 7 massacre, near the Israel-Gaza border, November 23, 2023.

German interior minister calls for deportation of Hamas supporters

Concerns over antisemitism are growing in Germany, particularly following an attempted attack on a Berlin synagogue with petrol bombs, and clashes between pro-Palestinian protesters and police.

 A person is detained during a Pro-Palestinian protest during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berlin, Germany, October 13, 2023.

Israel could change Basic Law to allow mass deportation of Eritreans

The proposed law seeks to establish provisions of the law on the treatment of illegal migrants and moving towards their deportation from Israel.

 Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

Syrians live in fear as they become target of Turkey's elections

A victory by the opposition in Turkey's elections would increase concerns for Syrians that they could be forced to return to the war-torn country they fled.

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by his wife Emine Erdogan, addresses his supporters at the AK Party headquarters in Ankara, Turkey May 15, 2023.