Uganda denied reaching an agreement with the US to accept undocumented immigrants, with state minister Henry Oryem Okello saying the country lacks the capability, facilities and infrastructure to accommodate such migrants. CBS News reported internal US documents indicating deportation deals with Honduras and Uganda, including Uganda accepting deportees from other African countries without criminal histories. The US Department of Homeland Security defended third-country deportations as necessary in some cases, while critics called the practice cruel. The US has sent migrants to countries such as Eswatini, raising international concern over removals to nations with political and human rights crises.
Henry Oryem Okello, Uganda's state minister for foreign affairs, told Reuters the country does not have the capability to take in immigrants. It comes as the US has deported migrants convicted of crimes in the US to non-native countries including South Sudan and Eswatini. To the best of my knowledge we have not reached such an agreement. We do not have the facilities and infrastructure to accommodate such illegal immigrants in Uganda. So, we cannot take in such illegal immigrants, Oryem said.
On Tuesday, CBS News, citing internal government documents, reported that the White House had reached deportation deals with Honduras and Uganda. CBS News wrote that Uganda had agreed to accept deportees from the US who hail from other countries on the continent, as long as they don't have criminal histories. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for clarification.
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