US deportations triggering ‘cascade’ of rights abuses: UN experts

More than 20 independent U.N. experts warned Monday that U.S. deportations to over 35 countries, including Libya, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, are triggering what they called a cascade of human rights violations. They said at least 23,000 people have been deported to countries other than their own since January 2025, with an independent investigation putting the figure above 25,000 by late August.

The experts said many receiving countries lack asylum processing infrastructure, protective facilities or medical services, and some are themselves in conflict. They warned the arrangements risk breaching the international principle against returning people to danger, and that children, women, LGBT people and human rights defenders face the gravest risk.

The experts, who do not speak for the U.N. itself, said they notified the U.S. and partner governments and called for an immediate halt to the arrangements. They also warned agencies like the International Organization for Migration against lending legitimacy to arrangements that expose people to further harm.

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