Recent reports indicate that the Trump administration is preparing military flights to deport immigrants to Libya without approval from Libyan authorities. Immigration lawyers identified the deportees as being from Vietnam, Laos, and the Philippines. Both rival Libyan governments denied any agreement with the US regarding the deportations. Human rights groups have highlighted Libya's poor human rights record, particularly regarding immigrant detention centers where reports of torture, rape, and slavery are prevalentâmaking this situation even more contentious than similar deportations to El Salvador.
Both the UN-recognized government in the west and the militia-led government in the east denied having any agreement with the US for housing deported migrants.
Human rights groups have documented numerous atrocities in the detention camps in Libya, including torture, rape, and executions, raising serious concerns about deportations.
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