The East African countries of Uganda and Rwanda have reportedly agreed to take up deportees from United States who hail from other countries. Rwanda under president Paul Kagame was the first nation to accept to take the deportees.
According to a report by the BBC, Rwanda has struck a deal with the United States that will see 250 people of various nationalities deported from the U.S and sent to Rwanda. Under this deal, the deportees will be given workforce training, health care, and accommodation to jump start their lives in Rwanda.
The deal will also allow Rwanda to approve each individual proposed for resettlement, according to the spokesperson for the Rwanda government Yolande Makolo. She has justified the deal by claiming that Rwanda understands the hardships that come with displacement.
Nearly every Rwandan family has experienced the hardships of displacement, said Yolande, adding that the Rwandan society values were founded on reintegration and rehabilitation.
At the same time, the CBS News is reporting that Uganda has also agreed to take up deportees from the United States. The media house has obtained internal government documents from the Trump administration which indicate that Uganda recently agreed to accept deportees from the US who hail from other countries on the continent.
The CBS News says that the condition that Uganda has placed on the deal is that the deportees will be accepted as long as they don’t have criminal histories. “It’s unclear how many deportees Uganda would ultimately accept under the arrangement with the U.S. government,” the CBS News reported.
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Incidentally, in June 2025, Uganda was one of the countries from Africa that was placed under a travel ban watchlist by the Trump administration. The U.S travel ban watchlist memo contained 36 countries which the U.S gave 60 days to meet requirements that were set by the U.S State Department, failure to which their citizens would face U.S visa restrictions.
