The US Government has confirmed signing a bilateral deportation agreement with Uganda, despite earlier denials by Kampala that such an agreement exists.
Under the agreement, Uganda will take in an unclear number of African and Asian migrants who have claimed asylum on thee US-Mexico border.
Documents obtained by CBS News, which is headquartered in New York city, indicate that Uganda recently agreed to accept deportees from the US who hail from other countries on the continent, as lo, as long as they do not have criminal histories.
The documents say the agreement is based on a “safe third country” provision of the US migration law that allows officials to re route asylum seekers to countries that are not their own if the US Government determines that those nations can fairly bear their claims for humanitarian protection.
Uganda now joins other countries that have struck similar deals with the US Government including Handuras, Eswatini and South Sudan.
Kiryowa Kiwanuka, Uganda’s attorney General confirmed the development in an earlier interview, saying that he is aware of the agreement.
“But speak to the ministry of Foreign Affairs for details,” he said in an interview yesterday.
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