Uganda reaches agreement with US to take migrants: govt

Around 300 migrants of different nationalities set out in a caravan from Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, on August 6, 2025, heading to Mexico City to seek legal residency permits before continuing toward the US border. [AFP]

Uganda has agreed to receive migrants who do not qualify to remain in the United States, a foreign ministry official said Thursday, in Washington's latest attempt to speed up deportations.

US President Donald Trump's administration has negotiated arrangements to send people to third countries, among them El Salvador and Eswatini, which have been fiercely criticised by rights groups.