The US has deported a number of migrants to the Central African Republic, one of the world's poorest and most troubled states, under a controversial deal that allows Washington to deport migrants who cannot be sent back to their home countries.
The flight that took off from Louisiana on Thursday night was carrying some two dozen migrants, including an Iranian pro-democracy activist, her lawyer has said. It landed in Bangui on Friday.
Other migrants set to be on the flight included nationals of Jordan, Armenia, Turkey, Georgia and Afghanistan, according to Ali Rahnama, interim executive director of the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund.
What else do we know about the US deportation flight to CAR?
The deportation plane landed in the capital of the Central African Republic shortly before 10 p.m. local time (2100 GMT), after making a stop in Ghana's capital Accra, records of the ICE Flight Monitor managed by Human Rights First showed.
