US-deported asylum seekers held in Equatorial Guinea hotel under opaque deal

Last updated May 30, 2026

Asylum seekers deported from the United States are being held in a hotel in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, under a reported $7.5 million arrangement that has raised legal and human-rights concerns

• The arrangement broadens the geography of US deportation policy and raises new legal and human-rights questions about offshore detention deals.
• The reports say many had previously received protection from US judges.
• The Bamy Hotel, described by The Economic Times as a family-owned hotel linked to President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has been turned into a detention site under an opaque $7.
• Africa Press English describes the arrangement as a secret agreement of roughly the same value.
• The people held there are not ordinary hotel guests.

Still unclear: What local readers are seeing from the ground

Based only on supplied evidence from The Economic Times, Africa Press English, the provided deportation-policy background excerpt and Pravda Guinea. Claims about the deal, detention conditions and legal protections are attributed to the reporting in the packet and are not independently verified beyond it.