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She fled Iran. America sent her to Africa Bangui, Central African Republic — “It’s okay now, I’m safe,” she remembered thinking. “I can make one new life here.” She described her joy at reaching “one of the best countries in the world,” but her happiness would prove fleeting. Nika is among a growing number of migrants deported by the Trump administration to countries they’ve never been to – countries that can hardly be considered safe havens. It’s a loophole. Judges have stopped the US government from sending some migrants back to their home countries. So it has inked dozens of arrangements with third countries, where people like Nika are increasingly festering. Because she fears for both her and her family’s safety, Nika is a pseudonym.

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