Venezuelans, Cubans, Colombians arrive in African nation under Trump deportation deal

Authorities in Liberia received the country’s first deportation flight from the U.S. on Thursday under an agreement with Washington to accept up to 1,200 foreign nationals over the next year. The West African nation, which was expected to receive 20 deportees, received nationals mostly from Latin America, including Venezuela, Cuba and Colombia, Liberian Information Minister Jerolinmek Piah told Reuters. Many of the deportees were sent to Liberia to seek protection from being returned to their ho