Jamaican woman deported to Equatorial Guinea despite 2013 protection order
Sep 8, 2026·Location: Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Country of origin: Jamaica
DeportationThird Country DeportationDetention ConditionsUse of ForceCourt Order ViolationCAT/Withholding of RemovalIn Detention

Peta-Gaye Chambers, 35, who came to the United States from Jamaica as a child, had been granted 'withholding of removal' by a U.S. immigration judge in 2013 after he found she would face persecution in Jamaica. Despite that protection, ICE deported her to Equatorial Guinea in June without notice. Chambers says she and other deportees were dragged from their rooms at gunpoint, handcuffed, assaulted and threatened by armed guards at the decommissioned Hotel Bamy in Malabo, where she remains held.
Sources
- U.S. deportees assaulted, threatened at gunpoint in Equatorial Guinea, three say
- Equatorial Guinea: Protect Deported Migrants and Lawyers Facing Threats and Intimidation
ihrda.org·Aug 12, 2026·archived copy
- Exclusive: Inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the US are imprisoned
click2houston.com·May 28, 2026
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