Rwanda has signed a contract with the Trump administration Migrants have been deported from the US and become a third African nation aimed at doing so amid complaints that continental governments are under pressure on the White House.
Originally, foreign deporters from other countries had been previously sent to South Sudan and Eswatini. A spokesman for the US Department of Homeland Security described both groups as “barbar” offenders.
Rwandan government spokesman Yolande Makoro confirmed on Tuesday to CNN that East African countries have “agreed to accept 250 immigrants.”
When approved, the migrants said “workforce training, healthcare and accommodation support will be provided to begin living in Rwanda,” and “we can contribute to one of the fastest growing economies in the world in the past decade.”
Rwanda, a country with less than 15 million people, is nothing new to the debate over the deportation of third country’s deportation to its territory.
Previously, it partnered with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to temporarily host asylum seekers and refugees who had been evacuated from North Africa’s nation of Libya, recording the arrival of nearly 3,000 people.
In 2022, we reached a controversial immigration agreement with the UK to receive deported asylum seekers who had arrived illegally in the UK.
The contract did not come true due to a legal dispute and was subsequently scrapped after Kiel’s star mark became prime minister last July. At the time, Rwanda proposed that there was no plan to refund more than $300 million it received from the UK for deportation.
Makoro did not tell CNN that Rwanda is setting up US deporters to benefit from housing. She also refused to say whether US immigrants will be kept in the same accommodations that Rwanda planned to house asylum seekers in the UK.
“We’ll provide details once these are resolved,” Makoro said.
Rwanda revealed in May that the country was in the early stages of consultations to receive deported immigrants from the US, according to Foreign Minister Olivier Ndungere.
The Trump administration has endured in attempts to attack agreements with several African countries to accept unnecessary deportees, despite rage from Africans who argue that the continent should not be treated as a “dumping ground” for individuals deemed unsuitable to live in the United States.
In early July, the US Supreme Court paved the way for the Trump administration to send out certain immigrants out of their country, almost notifying countries outside their homes. One major hurdle of the previous administration was dealing with countries that refused to accept the interests of their people, so President Donald Trump was leading the top officials in an executive order in January to promote international agreements to send immigrants elsewhere.
“The United States is always engaged in diplomatic conversations with foreign countries who are willing to help Joe Biden eliminate illegal foreigners who have allowed him to infiltrate American communities,” a White House official told CNN.
The US has also faced criticism that has allegedly put pressure on some of African powers such as Nigeria and South Africa to accept foreign deportation.
in the case of Rwanda is concerned about the safety of refugees, taking into account the country’s human rights records.
In a heated debate over the contract between Rwanda and the UK, UNHCR praised Rwanda for “a temporary, generous hosting thousands of refugees,” but warned that “externalization has a “serious risk” that externalization involves refugees (sending refugees to countries facing persecution).”
At the time, Rwanda opposed the UNHCR, claiming that it would not “refoule asylum seekers.”
