Uganda agreed to a temporary arrangement to accept certain third‑country nationals deported from the United States who are unwilling to return to their home countries. The agreement includes caveats: Uganda will not accept people with criminal records or unaccompanied minors and prefers that Africans be transferred. No timelines were provided and detailed modalities remain under negotiation. Analysts speculate the deal may be tied to trade incentives or political alignment with the US administration. Rights groups and legal experts condemned mass deportation plans, and some African states have reportedly accepted similar deals in exchange for lower tariffs.
In a statement posted on X on Thursday, Bagiire Vincent Waiswa, the permanent secretary of Uganda's Foreign Ministry, said the country had agreed to a temporary arrangement with the US. He did not state the timelines for when the deportations would begin or end. There are caveats regarding the people who would be transferred, the statement continued, including that Uganda will not accept people with criminal records or unaccompanied minors and that it prefers that Africans be transferred as part of the deal.
Analysts speculate that Uganda is seeking better trade deals and wants to be in Trump's good books. Uganda is the latest of several countries to strike a deportation deal with the United States as President Donald Trump ramps up controversial efforts to remove migrants from the country. In a statement on Thursday, Uganda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Kampala had agreed for Washington to send over third-country nationals who face deportation from the US, but are unwilling to return to their home countries.
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