Rwanda accepts up to 250 deportees from the U.S. under Trump's third

KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda agreed to accept up to 250 deportees from the United States under the Trump administration's expanding third-country deportation program, its government said Tuesday.

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Rwanda has agreed to accept up to 250 deportees from the United States under the Trump administration's third-country deportation program

The U.S. is seeking more deals with African countries to deport people they say entered the country illegally

Rwanda's government confirmed the details to The Associated Press but did not provide a timeline

The U.S. has already sent 13 immigrants to South Sudan and Eswatini, describing them as dangerous criminals

Rwanda previously made a deal with the U.K. in 2022 to accept migrants who had sought asylum in the U.K., but that agreement was