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Uganda to Take U.S. Asylum Seekers in New Resettlement Deal

Uganda has reached an agreement with the U.S. to take in deportees from third countries who may not get asylum but are "reluctant" to go back to their own countries.

The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vincent Bagiire Waiswa, said that the country will not accept people with criminal records or unaccompanied minors under the temporary arrangement. Uganda already hosts nearly two million refugees and asylum-seekers, mostly from nearby countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Sudan.

The agreements are part of the Trump administration's wider push for deportation deals with countries across several continents, including those with controversial human rights records. The deal follows similar agreements with Rwanda, South Sudan, and Eswatini. 

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