A US federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to repatriate Adriana María Quiroz Zapata, a 55-year-old Colombian woman, from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after she was deported there despite the country having refused to accept her. Judge Richard Leon ruled the deportation was "likely illegal," noting that Quiroz Zapata — who has diabetes and a thyroid condition — faces a "daily risk of medical complications, up to and including death" in a country unable to provide her adequate medical care. The case highlights broader concerns about the Trump administration's practice of expelling thousands of migrants to third countries with which they have no connection, part of a wider push that has seen over 15,000 such deportation orders issued and drawn condemnation from human rights groups worldwide.