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'I'd rather die here than in Africa': Migrants describe violent deportation flight
More than 25,000 people have been expelled to "third countries" under Trump, including to dangerous and conflict-ridden nations such as the Central Africa Republic.
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More than 25,000 people have been expelled to "third countries" under Trump, including to dangerous and conflict-ridden nations such as the Central Africa Republic.
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According to Los Angeles Times’s source item, ‘I’d rather die here than in Africa’: Migrants describe violent deportation flight, More than 25,000 people have been expelled to “third countries” under Trump, including to dangerous and conflict-ridden nations such as the Central Africa Republic.
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