Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees sent by the United States over the next year, according to a Liberian government statement cited by Reuters. A first group of 20 people is expected to arrive in Liberia this Thursday. Liberian authorities said the deportees will be nationals of African and Western Hemisphere countries who are medically cleared to travel, and some may seek asylum in Liberia. U.S. authorities have not publicly commented on the arrangement.