被美国遣送至塞拉利昂的三人面临被送回原籍国风险：国际特赦组织吁塞方立即停止遣返
弗里敦消息：国际特赦组织10月23日发表声明，敦促塞拉利昂政府立即停止将三名由美国遣送抵达该国的人士遣返其原籍国，并允许他们获得公平有效的庇护程序与独立法律顾问。
三人分别是多哥籍的 Abalo Agba、利比里亚籍的 Alfred Kamara 与科特迪瓦籍的 Fatou Traore。据路透社报道，三人都在美国居住了20多年，未成年子女仍留在美国。10月12日，美国移民与海关执法局 ICE 将包括三人在内的共8人遣送至塞拉利昂。
国际特赦组织指出，美国移民法官此前已裁定，三人若被遣返原籍国将面临严重伤害，因而给予他们免于被遣返原籍国的保护（withholding of removal）；但三人目前面临被塞拉利昂政府送回原籍国的迫近风险，该组织称这种遣返将属非法。
据路透社报道，特朗普政府自去年1月上任以来，已与多个非洲国家达成接收第三国被遣返者的协议；塞拉利昂与美国达成的协议为每年接收至多300名西非第三国国民。国际特赦组织称，此前依该协议被遣送至塞拉利昂的人士曾被迅速遣返原籍国，并批评这一做法是迫使人回国的「旋转门」政策。
据路透社报道，塞拉利昂政府发言人与美国国务院未立即回应置评请求。（GSM 据路透社与国际特赦组织声明报道）
Amnesty Urges Sierra Leone to Halt Repatriation of Three People Deported From the US
FREETOWN — Amnesty International urged Sierra Leone on October 23 to immediately stop the repatriation of three people deported there from the United States, and to allow them access to fair and effective asylum procedures and independent legal counsel.
The three are Abalo Agba of Togo, Alfred Kamara of Liberia and Fatou Traore of Ivory Coast. According to Reuters, each had lived in the United States for more than 20 years and has children under 18 still in the US. On October 12, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removed a total of eight people, including the three, to Sierra Leone.
Amnesty said US immigration judges had previously granted the three protection from repatriation to their countries of origin — a form of protection known as withholding of removal — because they face serious harm there. They are now at immediate risk of being unlawfully returned to their countries of origin by the government of Sierra Leone, the group said.
Since taking office in January last year, the Trump administration has struck deals with several African governments to accept deportees from other countries; Sierra Leone's agreement with Washington covers up to 300 West African third-country nationals a year, Reuters reported. Amnesty said migrants previously deported under the deal had been quickly repatriated, criticising what it called a "revolving door" policy of forcing people home.
A Sierra Leone government spokesperson and the US State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment, according to Reuters.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：塞拉利昂首都 Freetown 港湾航拍（资料图）/ Aerial view of Freetown, Sierra Leone (file photo)。图片：© David Hond / CC BY 2.0，Wikimedia Commons
