US has sent $7.5m to Equatorial Guinea to accept noncitizens deportees

<p>Country is one of world’s most repressive and corrupt, raising concerns over rights abuses of those deported</p><p>The United States has sent $7.5m to the government of Equatorial Guinea, one of the world’s most repressive and corrupt regimes, to accept noncitizen deportees from the US to the West African nation, according to a leading congressional Democrat, current and former state department officials and public government data.</p><p>The money sent to Equatorial Guinea is the first taken from a fund apportioned by Congress to address international refugee crises – and sometimes to facilitate the resettlement of refugees in the US – that has instead been repurposed under the Trump administration to hasten their deportation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/10/deportations-equatorial-guinea-money">Continue reading...</a>