Rwanda agrees to take up to 250 deportees from US

Rwanda on Tuesday became the third African nation, after South Sudan Eswatini, to agree to accept deportees from the United States under the Trump administration's plans to send migrants to countries they have no ties with to get them off American soil.

Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said in a statement that the East African country would accept up to 250 deportees from the US, with "the ability to approve each individual proposed for resettlement" under the agreement.

Makolo didn't provide a timeline for any deportees to arrive in Rwanda or say if they would arrive at once or in several batches. She said details were still being worked out.