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

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. Loveluck – as part of a consortium of journalists organised by Forbidden Stories – uncovers some of the human stories behind these deals.

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

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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...

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 asks whether this is even legal and what happens to people once they are banished.

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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. 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 asks whether this is even legal and what happens to people once they are banished.

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