Rwanda agreed to accept 250 migrants under the Trump administration's expanding third-country deportation programme. Yolande Makolo said Rwanda would decide which deportees to admit and that accepted individuals would receive training, healthcare, and housing. The US sent five convicted criminals to Eswatini on July 16; they are confined to isolated units at the Matsapha Correctional Complex pending repatriation. On July 5, eight men convicted of murder, sexual assault, and robbery were deported to South Sudan. Deportations have provoked outrage from civil society, lawyers, and foreign governments. Nigeria rejected US pressure to accept 300 Venezuelans, citing domestic burdens. Critics call the deals unfair and accuse the US of strong-arming vulnerable people.
On August 5, Rwanda announced it had agreed to accept 250 migrants under the Trump administration's expanding third-country deportation programme. Speaking from Kigali, government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said Rwanda would retain the right to decide which deportees to admit for resettlement. Those accepted, she added, would receive training, healthcare, and housing to help them rebuild their lives. The programme forms part of President Donald Trump's controversial pledge to carry out the largest deportation operation in American history.
On July 16, the US sent five convicted criminals from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba, and Yemen to Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland. Described as barbaric and violent and rejected by their countries of origin, they are confined to isolated units at the Matsapha Correctional Complex, near the capital Mbabane, pending eventual repatriation. Eleven days earlier, on July 5, eight men convicted of murder, sexual assault, and robbery were deported to South Sudan.
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