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Rwanda confirms talks with US over receiving deported migrants

Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, right, speaks next to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department in Washington, DC, on April 25, 2025 [Jacquelyn Martin/AP]

Rwanda’s foreign minister has confirmed his country has entered discussions to receive immigrants deported from the United States, less than a year after a similar plan with Britain fell through.

“It has not yet reached a stage where we can say exactly how things will proceed, but the talks are ongoing,” Olivier Nduhungirehe told state broadcaster Rwanda TV in an  interview late on Sunday. “Still in the early stages.”

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