U.S. deports first migrant to Pacific nation Palau

The United States has started deporting migrants to a sparsely populated archipelago in the tropical Pacific, the island nation of Palau.

US President Donald Trump has led a push to expel asylum seekers and undocumented migrants from the US, dispatching them to places like El Salvador and Uganda.

Palau is one of Taiwan’s three diplomatic allies in Oceania.

Palau is a country in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of some 340 coral and volcanic islands perched on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge.

The Palau archipelago lies in the southwest corner of Micronesia.

Palau was a member of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which was established in 1947 and administered by the United States. The Republic of Palau officially became a sovereign state on October 1, 1994.

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