KAMPALA: Uganda has agreed a deal with the United States to take deported migrants on condition that the deportees should not have criminal records and not be unaccompanied minors, officials said Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Ugandan foreign affairs ministry in a statement said the \u201ctwo parties are working out the detailed modalities on how the agreement shall be implemented.\u201d<\/p>\n
Uganda also expressed a preference that those brought into the country should be of African nationalities.<\/p>\n
It was not clear if the agreement had been signed but the ministry statement said it had been \u201cconcluded.\u201d<\/p>\n
International Relations Minister Henry Okello Oryem told The Associated Press that while Uganda is known globally for its benevolent refugee policy, there are limits.<\/p>\n
And he questioned why the country would take people rejected by their own countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are talking about cartels: people who are unwanted in their own countries. How can we integrate them into local communities in Uganda?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
He said the government was in discussions about \u201cvisas, tariffs, sanctions, and related issues, not accepting illegal aliens from the US That would be unfair to Ugandans.\u201d<\/p>\n
In July, the US deported five men with criminal backgrounds to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini and sent eight more to South Sudan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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