Jamaica accepts first flight of third-country deportations from US

Opposition leaders in Jamaica have questioned why the deportation deal with the Trump White House has not been made public.Published On 14 Oct 202614 Oct 2026The Caribbean country of Jamaica has received its first third-country deportations from the United States, as part of an expanding set of international agreements under President Donald Trump.On Tuesday, 22 deportees from the US arrived at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston, Jamaica.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Key takeaways from US Senate debate in Michigan between El-Sayed, Rogerslist 2 of 3ICE shooting of New York man in car with five-year-old sparks protestslist 3 of 3US ICE releases Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh from custodyend of listMedia reports indicate they were subsequently boarded onto a bus and taken to an undisclosed location.Such deportations – which often involve non-citizens who have no ties to their destinations – have faced widespread condemnation from human rights groups and advocates who have questioned their legality.But Jamaica is among a growing number of countries to accept third-country deportations, as part of Trump’s effort to implement the largest mass deportation ca...