Migration & Borders
Equatorial Guinea offers asylum to US-deported Cubans
Equatorial Guinea has offered Cuban nationals recently deported from the United States the possibility of requesting protection, after four Cubans were sent to Malabo, a lawyer close to the case said Thursday.
Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue said Monday on X that Cubans deported to Equatorial Guinea under its migration agreement with the United States would be granted “the possibility of requesting protection”.
The lawyer said the four Cubans were deported to Malabo on August 20 with a Brazilian and around a dozen nationals from African countries including Nigeria and Cameroon.
Equatorial Guinea has become a key transit point under US President Donald Trump's migration crackdown policy. Since November 2025, Washington has deported at least 60 people there, most of them Africans.
Around 40 of them are still being held in a hotel, while Equatorial Guinea has deported others to their countries of origin or to other states. Some say they have been subjected to verbal and physical abuse by police officers, one of their lawyers told AFP.
Uncertainty notes
The exact total number of people deported in the August 20 group is given only approximately.
The supplied material does not state whether any Cuban national has formally requested or received asylum.
The abuse claims are allegations reported through a lawyer and are not independently established in the supplied material.
Source
AFP news report published on .