The US has begun deportations to tiny states

TT-AFP

Published 04:22

 

US President Donald Trump. Picture from Monday. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP/TT

The US has deported its first migrant to the sparsely populated island nation of Palau in the Pacific Ocean.

The Trump administration has previously proposed – and to some extent implemented – so-called relocations of undocumented migrants to third countries such as Uganda, El Salvador and Rwanda, which has created debate.

Now the island nation of Palau – with a population of around 20,000 people – has also received its first migrant, following an agreement with the US that was signed in December.

Palau is one of the countries in the world with the lowest population.