Asia and the Middle East
Convention against Torture and national courts; no regional human rights court
Updates – 5 November 2026
Third Country Deportation Watch recorded the first transfers to the Dominican Republic and further flights to Panama, Paraguay, Ghana, Cameroon, Liberia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Eswatini, Burundi and the Central African Republic. The Foreign Minister of Jamaica said nine of the 22 people sent there had left, a court in Arizona was told that a man sent to Equatorial Guinea was booked to fly back on 4 November, Human Rights First reported that a fourth flight to Iran may follow, and four amicus briefs were filed in the Supreme Court.
Emails Show ICE Worked With Iran on Three Deportation Flights. Human Rights First Reports That a Fourth May Follow.
The Associated Press reported in August that emails show ICE working with Iranian officials on three deportation flights to Iran. A federal court in Washington has denied a preliminary injunction in a challenge to the alleged sharing of information about Iranian asylum seekers, which the government denies. Human Rights First reports that a fourth flight may follow, and Iranians have been among the people sent to the Central African Republic.