Overview

• Rwandan spokesperson Yolande Makolo said the first seven vetted migrants arrived in mid-August under an arrangement that allows up to 250 transfers.
• Three of the seven want to return to their home countries, while four say they intend to remain in Rwanda.
• The group is being accommodated by an international organization with visits from the International Organization for Migration and Rwandan social services.
• Authorities have not released the deportees’ identities, nationalities, locations, or any criminal history, and U.S. Homeland Security and State Department officials did not comment.
• Rwanda becomes the third African nation to receive U.S. deportees after South Sudan and Eswatini, as Uganda says it has an agreement in principle to accept transfers.