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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Deported immigrants will be sent to the Congo under new US deal for third-country removals

Congo will receive some migrants as part of a new deal under the Trump administration’s third-country program, its government said Sunday, the latest such African nation to receive migrants being deported from the U.S.

The deportees will start arriving in Congo this month, the Congolese Ministry of Communications said in a statement, without further details on the date or the number of deportees expected.

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