According to Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, Rwanda is in the “early stage” of negotiations with the Trump administration to take in U.S.-deported migrants.
According to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Washington was “actively searching” for nations that would host “some of the most despicable human beings” last month. His remarks follow on that statement.
According to Nduhungirehe, the discussions were “not new to us” because Rwanda had previously consented to take in migrants that the UK had deported.
However, after Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government assumed office last July, the UK abandoned the plan, which was beset by legal issues.
Nduhungirehe said that the government was in the “spirit” of providing “another chance to migrants who have problems across the world” in an interview with Rwandan TV on Sunday.
Nduhungirehe went on to say that it was too soon to say how the negotiations with the US would turn out.
US President Donald Trump has promised “mass deportations” and accelerated the removal of unauthorized migrants since taking office in January.
El Salvador pledged in February to accept and imprison in its mega-jail offenders deported from the United States, even those who were citizens of the United States.
“In exchange for a fee” is how Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele described his government’s action.
Deported migrants from the United States have also been taken in by Panama and Costa Rica.
After accepting one Iraqi in March, an unidentified Rwandan official told the Washington Post last week that the nation was “open” to accepting further migrants who had been ejected from the US.
The official went on to say that discussions with the United States began soon after Trump took office in January.
Rwanda’s human rights record has drawn criticism in the past, particularly the possibility that individuals transferred to the East African country could be repatriated to other dangerous countries.
Rwanda claims to be a safe haven for refugees, though.
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