
Rwanda confirms talks with US about taking in migrants
created: May 5, 2025, 2:10 p.m. | updated: May 7, 2025, 5:26 a.m.
Rwanda confirms talks with US about taking in migrants2 days ago Share Save Cecilia Macaulay & Didier Bikorimana BBC News & BBC Great Lakes service Share SaveReuters Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe says that Rwanda believes in giving migrants "another chance"Rwanda is in the "early stage" of talks with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the US, the East African country's Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has said.
Nduhungirehe said the talks were "not new to us" as Rwanda had previously agreed to accept migrants deported by the UK.
Nduhungirehe added that the talks with the US were continuing, and it was too early to predict their outcome.
Since coming to office in January, US President Donald Trump has focused on speeding up the removal of undocumented migrants, with the promise of "mass deportations".
Panama and Costa Rica have also taken in migrants deported from the US.
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