KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda will take in migrants deported from the U.S. under certain conditions according to a new agreement reached with the U.S.
Details of the deal’s implementation are still being worked out by both countries, the country’s Foreign Ministry announced on the X platform on Thursday.
How many people will be affected and when the deportations will begin remains unclear for now.
It is a temporary arrangement, the Foreign Ministry said, adding that people with criminal records and unaccompanied minors will not be accepted.
“Uganda also prefers that individuals from African countries shall be the ones transferred,” the statement said.
The agreement applies to third-country nationals who may not be granted asylum in the U.S. and who have concerns about returning to their country of origin.
The U.S. is also targeting African countries in its controversial deportation policy. At the beginning of August, Rwanda agreed to take in up to 250 migrants deported from the U.S., according to a government spokeswoman. No details were initially released.
In July, the U.S. government deported five convicted foreigners to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini.
