By The Trump administration has reportedly reached agreements with Uganda and Honduras to accept deportees from the United States, according to media reports.
The reports suggest Uganda would take in deportees originally from other African nations, provided they have no criminal history, while Honduras would receive several hundred deportees from Spanish-speaking countries over the next two years.
The reports place both nations within a broader Trump strategy of using “third-country” arrangements, where migrants are transferred to countries other than their homeland—a policy already implemented in Central America and parts of Africa.
However, Uganda has reportedly strongly denied the claim. Uganda’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Henry Oryem Okello, said: “To the best of my knowledge we have not reached such an agreement. We do not have the facilities and infrastructure to accommodate such illegal immigrants in Uganda.”
While Honduras has not issued a formal denial, civil society groups there have expressed concern about the country’s capacity to absorb deportees, citing economic and security challenges.
The conflicting reports highlight tensions between U.S. policy ambitions and the practical or political realities in partner countries. Human rights advocates warn that such deals risk placing vulnerable migrants in under-resourced systems and could spark backlash in host nations.
Source: International media reports
