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Rwanda, South Sudan, Eswatini, and Uganda have all agreed, in several cases reluctantly, to take US deportees from other countries (Photo: Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI))

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Trump's Africa migrant deals may encourage EU deportations

Rwanda became the latest African state to accept foreign deportees from the United States last week after confirming that it had received seven people expelled by Washington. 

President Paul Kagame's government confirmed in early August that it would accept up to 250 deportees from the US.

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Rwanda, South Sudan, Eswatini, and Uganda have all agreed, in several cases reluctantly, to take US deportees from other countries (Photo: Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI))

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Author Bio

Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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