Human rights groups have accused U.S. authorities of using Guantánamo Bay for decades to detain migrants fleeing Haiti, Cuba and other Caribbean nations.

The U.S. President, Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, announced on Wednesday that the United States will use a detention center at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba to house tens of thousands of people who cannot be sent back to their home countries.