A US deportation flight landed in the Central African Republic on Friday, lawyers and activists said, as part of the latest "third-country" deportation under US President Donald Trump.

The flight took off from Alexandria, Louisiana, on Thursday evening, according to the ICE Flight Monitor, affiliated with non-profit Human Rights First.

It then made a scheduled stopover in Ghana, which is itself a hub for third-country deportations, Friday afternoon and landed in Central African capital Bangui around 2100 GMT.

It was unclear if some people were to be taken off the plane in Ghana or if they were all sent to the Central African Republic, said Alma David, a US immigration lawyer familiar with the case.

‘Abandoned with no status’

A State Department spokesman said "we remain unwavering in our commitment to end illegal and mass immigration" but did not answer questions about the terms of the deal.

Central African authorities did not immediately comment on the deportation.

"These individuals are being removed from the United States and abandoned in a country where they have no status, no connection and no support network," their attorney, Emily Trostle, told AFP.

Deportations of people, including those with legal protections, to countries where they have no links have become a major part of Trump administration’s expanded crackdown on immigration.

Other African countries where third-country deportees have been sent by the US in recent months include Ghana, Eswatini, South Sudan, Cameroon and DRC.