President Donald Trump‘s administration is planning to deport migrants to Libya, according to reports.
The U.S. military could fly deportees to the country as soon as Wednesday, The New York Times and Reuters reported, citing officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
It was not immediately known how many migrants could be sent to Libya or the nationality of the individuals the administration may deport.
Newsweek has contacted the White House, State Department and Department of Homeland Security for comment outside regular business hours.
Libya has become notorious for its network of migrant detention centers, which human rights groups have described as inhumane.
In a 2021 report, Amnesty International called the facilities a “hellscape,” where detainees suffer torture, sexual violence, forced labor, and even slavery.
In an annual report on human rights practices in Libya released last year, the State Department described the conditions in the country’s detention centers as “harsh and life-threatening.”
It added that migrants in these facilities, including children, had “no access to immigration courts or due process.”
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