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US deports dozens to Central African Republic, including Afghan with US military ties

Deportation flight included Afghans, Iranians, Nepalis, and Nicaraguans, with advocates raising concerns.

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An arial view of Bangui, Central African Republic on March. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

What this story says

  • The United States deported dozens of people to the Central African Republic on Saturday.
  • An Afghan man on the flight had brothers who worked with the U.S. military and had been granted protection from deportation to Afghanistan by a U.S. judge.
  • The flight also carried Iranians, Nepalis, and Nicaraguans.
  • Advocates state that the Trump administration has deported thousands to countries not their own under secret agreements.

Who covered it

Left 50%(24)Centre 37%(18)Right 13%(6)

Percentages are shares of the 48 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 18 of the 66 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

60/100

Craft

60/100

Hype

40/100

66 sources · methodology

Missing from the right

Only 6 of the 48 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

A reader who follows the right would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

The United States deported dozens of people to the Central African Republic on Saturday. The group included an Afghan man whose brothers had collaborated with the U.S. military. This man had been granted protection against deportation to Afghanistan by a U.S. judge due to fears of persecution by the Taliban, according to his lawyer and an advocacy group. His family in Afghanistan had received threats from the Taliban because of the work performed by his brothers in support of the U.S. military, court documents show. One brother lives in the U.S. and served in the Afghan National Army, which worked with the U.S. military before the Taliban takeover in 2021. Another brother, trained by the U.S., was killed by the Taliban.

The deportation flight landed in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. It carried 12 Afghans and eight Iranians, along with people from Nepal and Nicaragua, according to Savi Arvey, director of policy, refugee and immigrant rights at Human Rights First. Advocates state that under a series of agreements, some of which are secret, the Trump administration has deported thousands of people to two dozen countries that are not their own as part of its immigration crackdown. Immigration lawyers suggest this practice is used as a legal loophole to return asylum seekers to countries they fled.

Disagreement on protection status

The Hindustan Times and Associated Press News, in their full reports, state the Afghan man was granted protection against deportation to Afghanistan by a U.S. judge. Digests from India Today and other outlets mention the man was protected from return to Afghanistan. However, a digest from Aaj Tak states that even after helping, the individuals were not spared.

Omissions

None of the right-rated digests mention the specific number of Afghans (12) or Iranians (8) on the deportation flight. The right-rated digests also do not include the detail that one of the Afghan man's brothers was a pilot trained by the U.S. and was killed by the Taliban.

Tags:#Deportation#USImmigration#CentralAfricanRepublic#Afghanistan#HumanRights

Coverage settled. We checked this 124 times and stopped on 4 Sept 2026, 16:46. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

24 rated outlets

  • Fourteen left-rated reports led on the deportation of dozens of people to the Central African Republic, including an Afghan man whose brothers collaborated with the U.S. military. The Associated Press, whose reporting was widely used, stated the man had been granted protection against deportation to Afghanistan by a U.S. judge due to fears of persecution by the Taliban. The reports noted the flight included 12 Afghans and eight Iranians, as well as people from Nepal and Nicaragua. The digests also carried the claim by advocates that the Trump administration has deported thousands of people to countries that are not their own under secret agreements, which immigration lawyers say is used as a legal loophole to return asylum seekers to countries they fled.

Centre

18 rated outlets

  • Ten centre-rated reports highlighted the deportation of dozens of people to the Central African Republic, including an Afghan man whose brothers had worked with the U.S. military. These reports noted that the man had been granted protection against deportation to Afghanistan by a U.S. judge due to fears of persecution by the Taliban. The digests also mentioned the flight included 12 Afghans and eight Iranians, as well as people from Nepal and Nicaragua. The reports carried the assertion from advocates that the Trump administration has deported thousands of people to countries that are not their own under secret agreements.

Right

6 rated outlets

  • Three right-rated reports focused on the deportation of dozens of migrants to the Central African Republic, including an Afghan man who had been protected from return to Afghanistan. India Today stated the case intensified concerns that third-country removals are being used to sidestep asylum safeguards. The Batesville Daily Guard and The Messenger also reported on the deportation, with The Messenger's digest noting the man's brothers helped the U.S. military.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover US deports dozens to Central African Republic, including Afghan with US…?
Of the 48 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 50% are rated left, 37% are rated centre, 13% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 66. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is US deports dozens to Central African Republic, including Afghan with US… left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 48 rated outlets on this story, 50% are rated left, 37% are rated centre, 13% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of US deports dozens to Central African Republic, including Afghan with US… biased?
US deports dozens to Central African Republic, including Afghan with US military ties is one event reported by 66 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting US deports dozens to Central African Republic, including Afghan with US…?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered US deports dozens to Central African Republic, including Afghan with US…?
66 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
Who was deported to the Central African Republic?
The United States deported dozens of people to the Central African Republic on Saturday. The group included an Afghan man whose brothers collaborated with the U.S. military, as well as 12 Afghans, eight Iranians, and individuals from Nepal and Nicaragua.
Why was the Afghan man granted protection from deportation to Afghanistan?
The Afghan man's lawyer stated he had been granted protection against deportation to Afghanistan by a U.S. judge due to fears of persecution by the Taliban. His family had received threats from the Taliban because of his brothers' work with the U.S. military.
What concerns have been raised about these deportations?
Advocates state that the Trump administration has deported thousands of people to countries that are not their own under secret agreements. Immigration lawyers suggest this practice is used as a legal loophole to indirectly return some asylum seekers to countries they fled.

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