Kigali, Rwanda – Rwanda has confirmed it will accept up to 250 migrants deported from the United States, following an agreement with President Donald Trump’s administration. The deal, which was announced by government spokesperson Yolande Makole, stipulates that deportees will be provided with “workforce training, health care, and accommodation.”
Ms. Makole told the BBC that a key condition of the agreement is that Rwanda has the authority to approve each individual proposed for resettlement. While the White House has not directly commented on the deal, it stated it is in constant talks with countries willing to assist in removing “illegal aliens.”
The move comes as the Trump administration focuses on a mass deportation scheme, a key promise made during his election campaign. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, had previously stated that Washington was “actively searching” for a country to take “some of the most despicable human beings.”
This is not Rwanda’s first agreement of this nature. The country has a history of accepting refugees, having hosted nearly 3,000 refugees and asylum seekers evacuated from Libya under a deal with the UN and African Union between 2019 and 2025. It also previously had a scrapped deal with the UK to accept asylum seekers.
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