Six individuals deported from the United States to Liberia last week resisted exiting the plane and were subsequently sent to Equatorial Guinea. This African nation, which signed a third-country deportation agreement with the Trump administration, became their destination. The group consisted of four Cuban men, a Brazilian man, and a Cameroonian woman who claimed they faced danger in Liberia and refused to disembark. A Honduran deportee on board reported this incident, speaking anonymously due to fear of reprisals. The other passengers departed in Liberia due to apprehension about forced removal by officers. Meredyth Yoon, litigation director for Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta, stated that the deportees who refused to leave the plane in Liberia were instead flown to Malabo city in Equatorial Guinea. Upon arrival, they found themselves in a hotel where around 40 other migrants were being held. Conditions at this facility have reportedly deteriorated in recent months, with food sometimes withheld and guards accused of threatening, beating, and choking some of the migrants. Under an undisclosed $7.5 million deal with the Trump administration, Equatorial Guinea's president has transformed a family-owned hotel into a prison for asylum seekers deported from the US. The government of Equatorial Guinea did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding this matter.