Deportation of Afghan migrants from the US begins

The US deported 12 Afghans to the Central African Republic yesterday.

The US has deported dozens of migrants, including 12 Afghans and eight Iranians, to the Central African Republic, a country with which they have no ties.

According to Al Jazeera, the flight carrying the migrants landed in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, on Saturday, August 29.

Savi Arvi, policy officer at the Human Rights First organization, said that the flight transported 12 Afghans, eight Iranians, and a number of Nepalese and Nicaraguan nationals.

Among the deported Afghans was a young man in his early twenties whose family had worked with US forces in Afghanistan.