Nine migrants deported from the United States have arrived in Sierra Leone, according to officials from the West African nation.

The deportees landed in Sierra Leone as part of what appears to be a third-country agreement arrangement, making Sierra Leone the latest African country to receive deportees from the US.

The arrivals come amid ongoing US deportation operations targeting individuals without legal immigration status. Such third-country agreements allow the US to deport migrants to countries other than their nations of origin under certain circumstances.

Sierra Leone joins other African nations that have received deportees from the United States as part of similar arrangements. The specific details of the agreement between the US and Sierra Leone regarding these deportations have not been publicly disclosed.

The nine individuals represent the latest group processed under current US immigration enforcement policies, though their countries of origin and the circumstances of their deportation to Sierra Leone specifically were not immediately detailed by officials.