NYT reports that the United States under Donald Trump struck a covert deal with Cameroon to accept migrants who could not be returned to their home countries, using financial and diplomatic leverage. Washington reportedly withheld $30m in funding for a UN refugee programme and muted criticism of President Paul Biya’s post-election crackdown to secure cooperation. The arrangement forms part of a broader strategy to deport migrants to third countries with which they have no ties. Critics say it leaves deportees in legal limbo and amounts to transactional “burden-shifting”, highlighting the increasingly coercive tools underpinning U.S. migration policy.
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NYT reports that the United States under Donald Trump struck a covert deal with Cameroon to accept migrants who could not be returned to their home countries, using financial and diplomatic leverage. Washington reportedly withheld $30m in funding for a UN refugee programme and muted criticism of President Paul Biya’s post-election crackdown to secure cooperation. The arrangement forms part of a broader strategy to deport migrants to third countries with which they have no ties. Critics say it leaves deportees in legal limbo and amounts to transactional “burden-shifting”, highlighting the increasingly coercive tools underpinning U.S. migration policy.