Migrant tents removed from Guantanamo Bay, satellite images show

Some 175 tents raised as part of an expansion to the base's migrant detention centre have been removed.

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President Donald Trump ordered the existing facility in Cuba be expanded to hold 30,000 migrants shortly after taking office in January. However, only a small number were ever actually held at the base.

The Pentagon spent around $38m (£28.7m) on deportation and detention operations at Guantanamo Bay in the first month of operations this year alone, a Department of Defense official said.

But new images now show that around two-thirds of the roughly 260 tents installed as part of the operation had been removed as of 16 April.

When asked about the removal of the tents, a US defence official said: "This force adjustment represents a deliberate and efficient use of resources - not a reduction in readiness."

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