Uganda’s decision to approve the Trump administration’s offer to take in migrants unwanted by the United States has sparked criticism in the East African nation that already houses the continent’s largest refugee population.
“The whole scheme stinks” without parliamentary oversight, Mathias Mpuuga, until recently the leader of the opposition in Uganda’s national assembly. told AP.
Last week, Uganda’s foreign ministry said it had reached a “temporary arrangement” with the US to accept deported foreign migrants “who may not be granted asylum in the United States but are reluctant to or may have concerns about returning to their countries of origin.”
The deal was, however, subject to certain conditions, it stated.
“Individuals with criminal records and unaccompanied minors will not be accepted,” the ministry stated in a post on X, adding: “Uganda also prefers that individuals from African countries shall be the ones transferred to Uganda.”
