The first plane with people deported from the United States to the Central African Republic landed in Bangui on Friday night, as confirmed by Radio France Internationale (RFI), in a context of absolute silence from the authorities in the face of the wave of criticism this program has generated.
The aircraft took off from Alexandria, in the state of Louisiana, and arrived at the airport of the Central African capital after making a technical stop in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
According to airport sources cited by RFI, there were 17 migrants on the flight, who were subsequently housed in two hotels located in the center of Bangui, without any information being provided about their nationality, their administrative status, or the conditions in which they will be received.
The opacity surrounding the operation has set off alarms among civil society organizations, which denounce the absence of official data and express their concern about the fate awaiting these people.
In statements to RFI, the spokesperson for the civil society working group, Paul-Crescent Beninga, expressed his anger at the secrecy of the process: "The government has opted for silence and contempt," he lamented.