The Central African Nation of Rwanda is in conversations with the administration of President Donald Trump about a possible agreement to accept deported immigrants from the United States, said Foreign Minister of the country on Sunday night.
Olivier NDUHUNGAREHE told the state broadcaster Ruanda TV that the first conversations were underway, according to the Reuters news agency. The news followed multiple news reports that the United States was looking for an international association to deport people, in the midst of a continuous offensive against foreign visas holders, student activists and alleged members of criminal gangs.
“We are in conversations with the United States,” said Nduhungyarehe in the interview, according to Reuters. “It has not yet reached a stage where we can say exactly how things will proceed, but the conversations are ongoing … even in the early stages.”
NBC News contacted the Rwanda government in the capital, Kigali, to comment. The White House was also asked for comments during the night.
In the campaign, Trump promised to carry out the “largest deportation operation” in the history of the United States and in office has deported many to El Salvador and in other places, with continuous legal actions questioning the legality of some arrests, arrests and ice remakes.
