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Burundi agrees to receive ‘third-country’ migrant deportees from US

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Published 30 Sept 2026, 10:47 pm·7 d ago·1 min read
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Burundi joins several other African nations in accepting people deported under Trump’s hardline policy Burundi has agreed to join a clutch of ⁠other African nations in receiving migrants from other countries deported from the US under ⁠ Donald Trump ’s hardline ⁠ immigration ​policy . However, the authorities in Bujumbura, the country’s economic capital, said Burundi will only accept those not accused of crime or terrorism links, said ⁠Nancy Ninette Mutoni, a spokesperson for the country’s president, Évariste Ndayishimiye. Tuesday’s announcement gave no details of numbers, timing or financial…

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