KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) – Seven migrants were transferred from the United States to Rwanda in August under a deportation agreement with the U.S., authorities in the East African country said Thursday.
Rwanda says 7 deportees arrived from the US in August under agreement with Washington
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) – Seven migrants were transferred from the United States to Rwanda in August under a deportation agreement with the U.S., authorities in the East African country said Thursday.
Rwanda said earlier in August it would accept up to 250 deportees from the U.S.
Yolande Makolo, a spokeswoman for the Rwandan government, said in a statement that the “first group of seven vetted migrants arrived in Rwanda in mid-August.”
Rwanda is one of four African countries that have reached deportation agreements with Washington, The others are Uganda, Eswatini and South Sudan.