Uganda Becomes Latest African Nation To Take Trump Deportees — With Conditions

The Trump administration secured another international partner in its quest to establish multiple third-country destinations for migrants deported from the United States.

Uganda has agreed to a “temporary arrangement” in which it will accept foreign nationals deported from the U.S. under certain conditions, according to a Thursday announcement from the country’s foreign affairs ministry. The declaration makes Uganda the second East African nation in recent months to formally accept asylum seekers removed from the U.S., giving a boost to the White House’s deportation agenda.

“As part of the bilateral cooperation between Uganda and the United States, an Agreement for cooperation in the examination of protection requests was concluded,” said Vincent Bagiire Waiswa, permanent secretary of Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, in a public statement.

“The Agreement is in respect of Third Country Nationals who may not be granted asylum in the United States but are reluctant to or may have concerns about returning to their countries of origin,” Waiswa continued.

Waiswa said that this is a “temporary arrangement” and under the condition that Uganda will only accept asylum seekers with no criminal records. The permanent secretary added that Uganda would prefer individuals from other African nations, but did not appear to make that a non-negotiable stipulation. Both countries are hashing out details on how the deal will be implemented.

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Earlier in August, Rwandan officials confirmed