US deportations to African countries unlawful and exploit suffering, rights group says
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The US has been sending migrants who cannot be deported to their home nations to other countries instead Campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the deportation of migrants from the US to third-party African countries is against the law and exploits suffering to deter migration.
美国一直将无法被驱逐回本国的移民送往其他国家 人权观察运动组织（HRW）表示，将移民从美国驱逐到第三方非洲国家是违法的，并且利用痛苦来阻止移民。
"Many, if not most" of the deportees have no practical option but to return to their home countries regardless of the harm they face there, HRW says in a report.
人权观察在一份报告中表示，“许多（如果不是大多数）”被驱逐者别无实际选择，只能返回自己的祖国，无论他们在祖国面临怎样的伤害。
Since Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025, more than 500 people have been sent to African countries where they are not citizens, the group says, citing US data.
该组织援引美国数据称，自唐纳德·特朗普于 2025 年重返白宫以来，已有 500 多人被送往非公民的非洲国家。
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said "third country removals are an essential public safety tool that remove the most dangerous criminal illegal aliens from our streets".
美国国土安全部（DHS）表示，“第三国驱逐是一项重要的公共安全工具，可以将最危险的犯罪非法外国人从我们的街道上驱逐出去”。
Tackling immigration was one of Trump's key pledges during the 2024 election.
解决移民问题是特朗普在 2024 年大选期间的主要承诺之一。
Eswatini, which welcomed 32 deportees from the US, says three people - from Yemen, Belize and Laos - "voluntarily departed" to their home countries recently.
斯威士兰欢迎了 32 名来自美国的被驱逐者，该国表示，来自也门、伯利兹和老挝的三人最近“自愿离开”回国。
According to HRW, some of the countries accepting the deportees have "arbitrarily detained" or sent them to their home countries, where they face "the risk of persecution or torture".
据人权观察称，一些接受被驱逐者的国家“任意拘留”或将他们遣返回国，使他们面临“迫害或酷刑的风险”。
The group said that people sent to Eswatini, Ghana and South Sudan, had been arbitrarily detained and faced ill-treatment while in detention.
该组织表示，被送往斯威士兰、加纳和南苏丹的人遭到任意拘留，并在拘留期间遭受虐待。
In Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Ghana, the deportees had been sent to their countries of origin despite the risk of "violating the principle of nonrefoulement [that people should not be sent to a country where they face torture, cruel treatment, or threats to their life and freedom]", it said.
报告称，在喀麦隆、赤道几内亚和加纳，尽管存在“违反不驱回原则（人们不应被送往他们面临酷刑、残忍待遇或生命和自由受到威胁的国家）”的风险，但被驱逐者仍被遣送回原籍国。
The group cited an unnamed US official as having told a Senate hearing that the point for the administration was that it could "threaten people that they will literally be dropped in the middle of nowhere".
该组织援引一位不愿透露姓名的美国官员在参议院听证会上的话说，政府的重点是它可以“威胁人们，他们实际上会被扔到一个不知名的地方”。
"The point is to scare people," HRW said.
人权观察说：“重点是吓唬人们。”
"Deporting people to countries where they have never set foot is part of a US policy designed to cause human suffering as a means to deter migration," said Michael Garcia Bochenek, the group's interim US programme director.
该组织美国项目临时主任迈克尔·加西亚·博切内克（Michael Garcia Bochenek）表示：“将人们驱逐到他们从未踏足过的国家是美国政策的一部分，旨在造成人类痛苦，以此作为阻止移民的手段。”
In a statement from to the BBC, DHS said: "ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] is given diplomatic assurances from destination countries that the illegal aliens being removed there will be safe.
国土安全部在给 BBC 的一份声明中表示：“移民和海关执法局 (ICE) 得到了目的地国的外交保证，即被驱逐到那里的非法外国人将是安全的。
When an individual is no longer in ICE custody, ICE is no longer responsible for them." White House spokesperson Lauren Bis told the BBC that those being sent to third countries were those whose home nations refused to take them or who had court orders preventing them being sent home.
当一个人不再被 ICE 拘留时，ICE 就不再对他们负责。” 白宫发言人劳伦·比斯 (Lauren Bis) 告诉 BBC，那些被送往第三国的人是那些其祖国拒绝接收他们或收到法院命令阻止他们被遣送回国的人。
"Any illegal alien who wants to go home, we will arrange a free flight for them and give them a $3,000 check," she said.
“任何想回家的非法移民，我们都会为他们安排免费航班，并给他们一张3000美元的支票，”她说。
None of the African countries named has commented on the report.
所点名的非洲国家均未对该报告发表评论。
Deported from the US to Ghana then 'dumped' at the border: Nigerian man speaks out However, while announcing the recent departure of three migrants on Wednesday, Eswatini said that it was committed to ensuring that the "rights, dignity and well-being of third-country nationals were respected and protected".
尼日利亚男子被美国驱逐到加纳，然后被“丢弃”在边境 然而，斯威士兰在周三宣布三名移民最近离开时表示，它致力于确保“第三国国民的权利、尊严和福祉得到尊重和保护”。
HRW said it interviewed 24 third-country nationals in six countries - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini and South Sudan.
人权观察表示，它采访了喀麦隆、中非共和国、刚果民主共和国、赤道几内亚、斯威士兰和南苏丹这六个国家的 24 名第三国国民。
Some described to the group "abusive treatment" during their deportation flights, including being chained for about 18 hours and with no knowledge of their destination.
一些人向该组织描述了在驱逐飞行期间受到的“虐待”，包括被锁链大约 18 小时，而且不知道自己的目的地。
They were also "denied access to essential medication, and often did not receive sufficient food or water".
他们还“被剥夺了获得基本药物的机会，并且常常没有获得足够的食物或水”。
"The opaque deals that facilitate these transfers, some of which are still secret, are part of a US policy that violates international human rights law," HRW says. According to the report, at least a dozen people who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) were sent to African states that criminalise same-sex relations.
人权观察表示：“促进这些转移的不透明交易（其中一些仍然是秘密的）是美国违反国际人权法的政策的一部分。” 根据该报告，至少有十几名女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋或跨性别者（LGBT）被送往将同性关系定为犯罪的非洲国家。
Among them were refugees granted protection in the US based on the likelihood they would be persecuted back home because of their orientation or gender identity.
其中包括在美国获得保护的难民，因为他们在家乡可能会因其取向或性别认同而受到迫害。
In November, a Nigerian man deported from the US initially to Ghana expressed his fears to the BBC after he and five others were secretly transferred to Togo.
11月，一名最初从美国被驱逐到加纳的尼日利亚男子在和其他五人被秘密转移到多哥后向BBC表达了他的恐惧。
He spoke of his fears about returning to Nigeria, where his association with a separatist activist group could lead to his arrest and torture.
他谈到了他对返回尼日利亚的担忧，因为他与分离主义活动团体的联系可能会导致他被捕和遭受酷刑。
In DR Congo, HRW says it was told by a US lawyer that of the 15 people from Colombia, Peru and Ecuador deported to the country in April, none remained there by late September, with 11 having returned to their home countries.
在刚果民主共和国，人权观察称，一名美国律师告诉我们，4 月份有 15 名来自哥伦比亚、秘鲁和厄瓜多尔的人被驱逐到该国，但到 9 月底，没有人留在那里，其中 11 人已返回自己的祖国。
"The uncertainty and other conditions they faced in the Democratic Republic of Congo call into question whether these returns to countries of origin were voluntary," the group said.
该组织表示：“他们在刚果民主共和国面临的不确定性和其他条件让人质疑这些人返回原籍国是否是自愿的。”
Equatorial Guinea, which received 65 people, quickly sent at least two people to their home countries, HRW said.
人权观察称，赤道几内亚接收了 65 人，并迅速将至少两人遣送回国。
Burundi announced late last month that it had agreed to take in migrants deported from the US.
布隆迪上个月末宣布，它已同意接收被美国驱逐出境的移民。
Nigeria has 'enough problems' and can't take deportees from US, minister says 'We can't do without these people': Trump's migrant crackdown has businesses worried Go to BBCAfrica.com, external for more news from the African continent.
部长表示，尼日利亚有“足够的问题”，无法从美国驱逐出境者 “我们离不开这些人”：特朗普的移民镇压令企业担忧 请访问 BBCAfrica.com，获取来自非洲大陆的更多外部新闻。
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