Kigali and Washington launched a discussion to welcome migrants from the United States, Rwandan Minister for Foreign Affairs in State Media said. President Donald Trump’s administration has launched a large expulsion campaign, a merchant of very controversial arrangements to send migrants to third countries.
Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe has confirmed previous information that Rwanda was among countries under discussion with Washington concerning a migrant agreement, following a question on state television on Sunday. “This information is true, we are involved in discussions with the United States government in America,” he said.
“I would say that the discussions are at their initial stages, but we continue to talk about this migrant problemS “, he added, without giving more details. Contacted by AFP, he said:”You will be informed when the discussions are finalized“.
The Washington agreement with El Salvador has created an outcry, especially after an American official admitted that the authorities had mistakenly expelled a Salvadoran, but that the United States could not bring him back.
Rwanda, a small country of around 13 million inhabitants, was criticized by NGOs for its human rights assessment and an increasingly restricted freedom of expression.
This country in the Great Lakes region had previously concluded a similar agreement of several million dollars with Great Britain to accommodate expelled illegal migrants. However, the controversial agreement – was immediately canceled after the election of a new British government last year.
