Third African Nation to Accept Deportees from US Under Trump Admin

Rogue Valley · Aug 30, 2025

Third African nation to accept deportees from US under Trump admin

Rwanda is the third African nation, after South Sudan and Eswatini, to accept deportees under arrangements with Washington.

www.newsweek.com

8.28.25
Rwanda has quietly accepted seven migrants deported under the Trump administration's expanding program to send people to countries with which they have no ties, a government spokesperson confirmed Thursday. Yolande Makolo said the group arrived earlier this month, although no public announcement was made at the time. Authorities have not disclosed the identities, nationalities, or locations of the deportees, nor have they indicated whether any of them have criminal records. Rwanda is the third African nation, after South Sudan and Eswatini (Swaziland), to accept deportees under secretive arrangements with Washington. The Rwandan government had signaled in early August that it was prepared to take in migrants as part of the deal. In early August, Rwanda announced it would take in up to 250 deportees but did not specify when the first group would arrive. Meanwhile, Uganda said it had agreed to a "temporary" deal with the Trump administration to take in migrants removed from the U.S., with certain conditions around criminals and unaccompanied minors. The U.S. has indicated plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has drawn attention, to Uganda.

All of these "deals" by the Trump administration and foreign governments to accept US deportees are being kept secret.

Why? What is Trump administration endeavoring to hide with these "deals"? Uganda has a poor human rights record. South Sudan has been wracked by war and mass murders. The Kingdom of Swaziland?

We eventually found out that deportees to El Salvador were being tortured and housed under inhumane conditions.

These remind me of the CIA's rendition "black sites" during the heyday of our "war on terror".

Loulit01 · Aug 30, 2025

How much hate does it take to send people to these places? Why not just return them to their countries of origin?

L88 · Aug 30, 2025

Loulit01 said:
How much hate does it take to send people to these places? Why not just return them to their countries of origin?

Why? Do you think these are "shit hole" countries? Sorry, couldn't pass it up.
But I do wonder why these countries would take US deportees?

Allan · Aug 30, 2025

Loulit01 said:
How much hate does it take to send people to these places? Why not just return them to their countries of origin?

This is batshit crazy. The cost to fly someone on a military flight to Africa must be enormous.

It would be more cost effective to pay the deportee's home country to take them back.

phoenix2020 · Aug 30, 2025

Allan said:
This is batshit crazy. The cost to fly someone on a military flight to Africa must be enormous.

It would be more cost effective to pay the deportee's home country to take them back.

I think the answer is clear - deport them across an ocean to a continent with poor roads, few airports, few flights to the Americas, lots of strife, poor economy and you don’t need to worry about about them ever coming back.

Third African Nation to Accept Deportees from US Under Trump Admin

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