Overview

• The Rwandan government said the group arrived in mid-August under an agreement that allows Kigali to vet cases and consider up to 250 people.
• Three of the seven asked to return to their home countries and four chose to remain in Rwanda, according to spokesperson Yolande Makolo.
• The deportees are being housed by an international organization with visits from the International Organization for Migration and Rwandan social services.
• The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and State Department did not comment, and officials have not disclosed identities, nationalities, locations, or criminal histories.
• Rwanda is the third African nation to accept U.S. deportees after South Sudan and Eswatini, where earlier transfers spurred legal challenges and human-rights concerns over detention and access to counsel.