Burundi has agreed to join a clutch of other African nations in receiving migrants from other \u200bcountries deported from the US under President Donald \u200cTrump’s hardline immigration policy.<\/p>\n
However, Bujumbura will only accept those not accused of crime or terrorism links, said Nancy Ninette Mutoni, spokesperson for \u200bPresident Evariste Ndayishimiye.<\/p>\n
Washington has sent \u2060so-called third-country deportees to some half a dozen African \u200bnations under opaque deals that Senate Democrats say have cost \u200btens of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n
In many cases, deportees had secured legal protections from immigration courts in the US against repatriation. But rights \u200bgroups say the third-country deals allow the US to \u200bcircumvent those protections.<\/p>\n
Mutoni said preparations were underway to arrange accommodation, living \u200cconditions \u2060and integration into local communities. “Receiving them requires serious planning \u2014 where they will stay, what they will eat and how they will live alongside the local population,” she said.<\/p>\n
“If they choose \u200bto join \u200bBurundian citizens and \u2060make a valuable contribution to national development, the law will be respected,” she said, regarding \u200bpotential citizenship.<\/p>\n
Burundi aimed to both strengthen \u200bdiplomatic relations \u2060and provide hospitality to people in need, the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n
The US State Department did not immediately respond to requests \u2060for \u200bcomment while a spokesperson for the \u200bBurundi foreign ministry said details of the agreement were not yet available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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