Overview

• Uganda’s foreign ministry said the arrangement is temporary, bars those with criminal histories and unaccompanied minors, and favors transfers of African nationals while implementation details are still being worked out.
• The announcement follows a public denial a day earlier by Uganda’s state minister for foreign affairs, highlighting conflicting statements inside the government about the pact.
• Internal U.S. documents reported by CBS News also cite a separate deal with Honduras to receive several hundred deportees over two years, including some family groups.
• U.S. officials are using a safe third country legal rationale, and a recent Supreme Court action has allowed faster removals with fewer procedural requirements.
• Rights organizations and U.S. reporting flag safety and transparency concerns, noting prior transfers to South Sudan, Eswatini and El Salvador, and the lack of clarity on numbers, vetting and any financial terms.