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Rwanda Prepares to Receive First U.S. Expelled Migrants Under New Transfer Deal

Under a confidential U.S. subsidy, Kigali will offer expelled migrants training, healthcare and housing in a reintegration programme condemned by critics as commodifying human lives.

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Le président américain Donald Trump s’entretient avec son homologue rwandais Paul Kagame, lors du Forum économique mondial de Davos, le 26 janvier 2018. Un dialogue désormais prolongé par une coopération migratoire controversée entre Washington et Kigali. 
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Overview

  • Rwandan authorities are set to welcome the first ten migrants from an initial U.S. list as part of an agreement allowing up to 250 expulsions to Rwanda.
  • The pact commits Kigali to provide professional training, healthcare and housing assistance grounded in its societal values of reintegration and rehabilitation.
  • Washington will underwrite the programme through a confidential subsidy that cements the transactional nature of its third-country deportation strategy.
  • Rwandan officials have stipulated that only individuals without pending criminal cases or with completed sentences will be accepted, explicitly excluding sexual offenders.
  • Opposition leader Diane Rwigara and rights groups have denounced the deal as a cynical commodification of migration and raised concerns over legal and welfare safeguards.