US judge blocks plan to deport migrants to Libya

The order comes after lawyers expressed alarm that the US was planning to deport migrants to the North African country "immediately".

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The order came after two US officials told BBC partner CBS News that the US may soon start deporting migrants to Libya as part of its crackdown on immigration.

In response to the deportations report, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh wrote in a statement on X that his country refused "to be a destination for the deportation of migrants under any pretext."

Responding to the same report, a spokesperson for the US state department said they would not discuss the matter.

The officials who spoke to CBS - who requested anonymity - said the US military could fly migrants to the North African country as early as this week.