Third-country removals: Trump’s deportation policy by the numbers

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Since January 2025, the Trump administration has deported over 25,000 individuals to third countries not their place of origin, as uncovered by a collaborative investigation using NGO and open-source data. The report highlights the scale and secrecy of this mass deportation campaign.

Since January 2025, the Trump administration has deported more than 25,000 people to so-called “third countries” – places that are not their countries of origin. Working with a team of 26 international media outlets, Forbidden Stories and FRANCE 24 have used information gathered by NGOs and open-source information to count and map these deportations. Our investigation shines a light on the scale of this mass deportation campaign that is being carried out under the cover of darkness.