Focus on Africa
Rwanda agrees migrant deal with the US
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6 August 2025
32 minutes
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Rwanda has confirmed it will accept up to 250 migrants from the US, in a deal agreed with President Donald Trump's administration. Under the scheme the deportees would be given "workforce training, health care, and accommodation to jump start their lives in Rwanda", according to Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo. Human rights experts have raised concerns that removals to a nation that is not a migrant's place of origin - known as a third country - could violate international law. We'll hear analysis.
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Presenter: Charles Gitonga
Producers: Patricia Whitehorne, Yvette Twagiramariya and Sunita Nahar
Technical Producer: Gabriel O' Regan
Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi
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