Inside Trump’s Secret Deal to Deport Migrants to Cameroon
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- The Trump administration secretly secured a deal with Cameroon to deport hundreds of migrants, while remaining silent on a deadly crackdown against protesters and withholding $30 million from a local UN office.
- This arrangement is part of a broader U.S. strategy to persuade countries to accept migrants who cannot be legally deported due to potential persecution risks.
- Confidential documents and official confirmations reveal the U.S. used financial pressure and political incentives to negotiate the deportation agreement, which critics likened to "selling people."
- The U.S. refrained from criticizing Cameroon's president Paul Biya and his disputed re-election, leveraging this silence during deportation negotiations.
- Additionally, the U.S. withheld $30 million intended for the UN refugee agency in Cameroon until the Biya administration agreed to the deportation deal, according to a senior Cameroonian official.
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