Ugandan official said the east African country does not have the capability to take in undocumented immigrants
Uganda said it has not reached any agreement with the US to take in undocumented immigrants, contradicting reports that the east African country had struck a deal with the Trump administration to do so.
Henry Oryem Okello, Uganda’s state minister for foreign affairs, told Reuters the country does not have the capability to take in immigrants. It comes as the US has deported migrants convicted of crimes in the US to non-native countries including South Sudan and Eswatini.
“To the best of my knowledge we have not reached such an agreement. We do not have the facilities and infrastructure to accommodate such illegal immigrants in Uganda. So, we cannot take in such illegal immigrants,” Oryem said.
On Tuesday, CBS News, citing internal government documents, reported that the White House had reached deportation deals with Honduras and Uganda. CBS News wrote that Uganda had “agreed to accept deportees from the US who hail from other countries on the continent, as long as they don’t have criminal histories”.
