Overview

• The Trump administration pressured Ukraine to accept non-U.S. citizen deportees, despite the country's ongoing war with Russia, but Kyiv has not agreed or taken action on the proposal.
• Libya's UN-recognized government has explicitly refused to accept deported migrants, with its prime minister denouncing any related agreements as illegitimate.
• The U.S. has used financial incentives and threats, such as tariffs, to negotiate deportation agreements with other nations, including El Salvador, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Panama.
• Human rights organizations have raised concerns about the safety and legality of deporting migrants to active conflict zones like Ukraine and Libya.
• The Trump administration continues to seek additional countries to accept deportees, leveraging geopolitical dependencies, while facing mounting criticism and resistance.