Rwanda has said it will accept up to 250 migrants from the United States under a deal agreed with Washington—but gave no details on who could be included.
President Donald Trump’s administration has negotiated arrangements to send people to third countries, among them South Sudan and Eswatini, in order to speed up deportations.
The latest deal follows a cancelled agreement with Britain under which Kigali would have received deported illegal migrants from the UK—but that multi-million deal was scrapped after the British government that negotiated it lost last year’s elections.
The U.S. State Department did not confirm the accord, but Yolande Makolo, a Rwanda government spokeswoman, said the United States was working with the African nation “on a range of mutual priorities.”
Makolo said Kigali had agreed to the new scheme with Washington because “nearly every Rwandan family has experienced the hardships of displacement” and the country supported reintegration and rehabilitation.
Those who arrive in Rwanda will be provided with training, healthcare and accommodation, she added.
No further information was given, including any timeline, with Makolo saying that Rwanda “will provide more details once these have been worked out.”
