Rwanda has signed a June accord to accept as many as 250 people deported from the United States, officials in Kigali said on Tuesday, marking Washington’s first third-country removal pact with the East African nation.
Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said the agreement was rooted in a national experience of displacement, adding that every approved migrant would receive training, healthcare and housing “to jump-start their lives in one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies.”
Kigali will vet each case and has already received an initial U.S. list of 10 names, a senior official told Reuters. Those still serving sentences or convicted of child sex offences will be rejected, and migrants will be free to leave Rwanda once admitted.
The United States will fund the programme through an undisclosed grant finalised last month, and the two sides can expand the cap above 250 by mutual consent, the official added.
President Donald Trump, who has vowed to deport millions of undocumented migrants, has used third-country removals before, sending more than 200 Venezuelans with gang links to El Salvador in March. In June the Supreme Court allowed such transfers without full asylum hearings, although the policy faces a legal challenge in Boston federal court.
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Police and ambulance crews are responding to reports of a collision involving two trains in the south east of England. Multiple people have been injured in the incident, UK media has reported.
Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire, a senior U.S. official has said. Hezbollah has released a statement saying Israel must leave southern Lebanon. Israel has said it agrees to the ceasefire, but has said its armed forces won't leave Lebanon and will resume hostilities if attacked.
A war of words has erupted between Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump after the U.S. President told Italian media that Meloni “begged” to take a photograph with him at the G7 summit earlier this week.
More than 30 people have died since early May in a displacement camp in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, raising fears that Ebola may be spreading undetected amid severe overcrowding and poor sanitation, according to camp officials and aid workers.
Police and ambulance crews are responding to reports of a collision involving two trains in the south east of England. Multiple people have been injured in the incident, UK media has reported.
U.S. President Donald Trump sought a deal with Iran "out of deperation," Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said, in a statement on social media. Khamenei added that he himself "held a different view," to Trump, but allowed the agreement after receiving assurances from Iran's President.
Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire, a senior U.S. official has said. Hezbollah has released a statement saying Israel must leave southern Lebanon. Israel has said it agrees to the ceasefire, but has said its armed forces won't leave Lebanon and will resume hostilities if attacked.
Jorge Messi, the father of football star Lionel Messi, is under medical supervision and is "progressing favourably" while recovering from an undisclosed health condition, according to a family statement.
World Cup action delivered impressive wins and late drama on 18-19 June. Mexico booked their place in the knockout stage as Group A winners, while Jonathan David's hat-trick inspired Canada to a 6-0 thrashing of Qatar.
Abu Dhabi is increasingly looking to China for the technology it needs to build a greener economy, with its energy chief saying the partnership is advancing faster than many people realise.
China has opened its market to cashew nuts from all African countries with diplomatic relations with Beijing, removing a long-standing barrier that had restricted exports from much of the world's largest cashew-producing continent.
Police and ambulance crews are responding to reports of a collision involving two trains in the south east of England. Multiple people have been injured in the incident, UK media has reported.
A war of words has erupted between Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump after the U.S. President told Italian media that Meloni “begged” to take a photograph with him at the G7 summit earlier this week.
More than 30 people have died since early May in a displacement camp in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, raising fears that Ebola may be spreading undetected amid severe overcrowding and poor sanitation, according to camp officials and aid workers.
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