Overview

• Uganda’s foreign ministry said the arrangement is temporary and bars transfers of people with criminal records as well as unaccompanied minors.
• The announcement from permanent secretary Vincent Bagiire Waiswa came a day after State Minister Henry Oryem Okello publicly denied any agreement existed.
• Kampala indicated a preference to receive individuals from African countries and said the two governments are working out how the plan will be implemented.
• Internal U.S. documents reported by CBS News also describe a separate Honduras deal to take several hundred Latin American deportees over two years, including some families.
• A June Supreme Court decision easing procedural hurdles has enabled faster third‑country removals, even as rights groups and U.S. reporting flag human‑rights risks in some destination countries, including Uganda.