Rwanda confirms talks with US over receiving deported migrants

Source: Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe says the ‘ongoing’ discussions are ‘still in the early stages’.

Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, right, speaks next to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department in Washington, DC, on April 25, 2025 [Jacquelyn Martin/AP]

Published On 5 May 20255 May 2025

Rwanda’s foreign minister has confirmed his country has entered discussions to receive immigrants deported from the United States, less than a year after a similar plan with Britain fell through.

“It has not yet reached a stage where we can say exactly how things will proceed, but the talks are ongoing,” Olivier Nduhungirehe told state broadcaster Rwanda TV in an interview late on Sunday. “Still in the early stages.”