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Burundi agrees to receive ‘third-country’ migrant deportees from US

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Burundi joins several other African nations in accepting people deported under Trump’s hardline policyBurundi has agreed to join a clutch of ⁠other African nations in receiving migrants from other countries deported from the US under ⁠Donald Trump’s hardline ⁠immigration ​policy. However, the authorities in Bujumbura, the country’s economic capital, said Burundi will only accept those not accused of crime or terrorism links, said ⁠Nancy Ninette Mutoni, a spokesperson for the country’s...

Burundi joins several other African nations in accepting people deported under Trump’s hardline policy

Burundi has agreed to join a clutch of ⁠other African nations in receiving migrants from other countries deported from the US under ⁠Donald Trump’s hardline ⁠immigration ​policy.

However, the authorities in Bujumbura, the country’s economic capital, said Burundi will only accept those not accused of crime or terrorism links, said ⁠Nancy Ninette Mutoni, a spokesperson for the country’s president, Évariste Ndayishimiye. Tuesday’s announcement gave no details of numbers, timing or financial ⁠details.

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