A US deportation flight landed in the Central African Republic on Friday, lawyers and activists said, carrying nationals from Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Georgia as part of the latest "third-country" deportation under US President Donald Trump. Deportations of people -- including those with legal protections -- to countries where they have no links have become a staple Trump's expanded crackdown on immigration.The US State Department advisory for the impoverished, violence-wracked CAR reads: "Do not travel to Central African Republic for any reason."

The Trump administration plans to deport a number of Iranians and other migrants to Central African Republic, a chronically unstable country racked by

The Iranians include two women who face potential torture and persecution if they are forced to go back to Iran, their lawyer, Emily Trostle, said.

US Deports Iranian, Afghan Migrants, Others To Conflict-Hit Central African Republic