Rwanda has become The third African country to accept deported migrants from the United States, after South Sudan and Esuatini. This Thursday confirmed The arrival of the first seven immigrantswithin the framework of an agreement with the Trump administration to receive up to 250 people expelled from the US territory.
In early August, the spokeswoman of the Ruandés government, Yolande Makolo, He explained to CNN The reasons for the agreement that allows Rwanda individually approve each person proposed for resettlement.
Once accepted, migrants receive “job training, medical care and housing support“, With the aim of integrating and relaunching their lives in a country that has experienced one of the fastest economic growth in the last decade.
“Yes, Rwanda received seven migrants who arrived in mid -August. Three of them have expressed their desire to return to their countries of origin, while four wish to stay and rebuild their lives in Rwanda, ”Makolo said Thursday, to the EFE agency.
What happens to migrants upon arriving in Rwanda?
The deportees were received by the Red Cross and are currently in facilities of the International Organization for Migration (IIM). However, this entity clarified that it does not participate in deportation operations.
In addition to offering temporary accommodation, the plan includes training and social assistance programswith the objective that these people can contribute to the local economy and rebuild their life projects.
It is not the first time that Ruanda signs agreements of this type. The country had already collaborated with the UN Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) for Receive asylum applicants evacuated from Libya, with about 3,000 arrivals registered between 2019 and 2025.
In 2022, too agreed with the United Kingdom to receive migrants who had arrived irregularly to British territorya pact that generated debates on human rights.
In addition to Rwanda, South Sudan and Esuatini, all from Africa, other countries such as Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Kosovo, Mexico and Panama They have agreed to receive deportees from the United States. Uganda, meanwhile, negotiates an agreement under the condition of not receiving people with unaccompanied criminal or minor history.
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