The secret Trump deals sending migrants across the world - Full Story podcast

The Guardian Africa · Sep 30, 2026

A Sierra Leonean nurse detained, handcuffed and flown to Ghana. An Iranian dissident sent to Central African Republic . A Cameroonian deported to Equatorial Guinea. This is the face of the Trump administration’s policy since 2025 – striking deals with 35 countries and sending up to 25,000 migrants in the US across the world, often to places they have no connection to at all. The Guardian investigations correspondent Louisa Loveluck – as part of a consortium of journalists organised by Forbidden Stories – uncovers some of the human stories behind these deals. Today in Focus host Annie Kelly ask