Rwanda Has Entered Talks With US to Receive Deportees, Foreign Minister Says

The Trump administration has worked to expand its list of partner countries willing to receive illegal immigrants being deported from the United States.

Police officers stand near a plane reported by UK media to be first to transport illegal immigrants to Rwanda at MOD Boscombe Down base in Wiltshire, England, on June 14, 2022. Hannah McKay/Reuters

Rwanda has entered early talks about potentially taking in illegal immigrant deportees from the United States, Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe announced on May 4.

“We are in discussions with the United States,” Nduhungirehe said in an interview with RwandaTV, a state-run broadcaster.