Twelve individuals were deported from the United States and arrived in Uganda on Thursday, marking the first such arrivals under a bilateral agreement between the two nations, according to the Uganda Law Society. The deportees were brought in on a private charter flight, a process described by the law society as “undignified, harrowing, and dehumanizing.”The deportations are part of U.
S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, aimed at deterring illegal immigration and deporting those with criminal records, including those who face difficulties being repatriated to their home countries. The U.
S. State Department and the Department of Homeland Security have supported third-country deportations as a method to swiftly remove illegal immigrants from the United States.
These deportations have been the focus of legal scrutiny both in the U. S. And in the countries where migrants are sent.
The controversy surrounding the deportations stems, in part, from the fact that unwanted migrants can be sent to countries with which they have no cultural ties. For instance, in August, U. S.
Authorities considered sending Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a high — profile figure in an ongoing migration dispute, to Uganda.
The U. S. Has entered into agreements with at least seven African nations, including Ghana and Eswatini, to take some deportees, with Eswatini receiving $5.
1 million to accommodate up to 160 individuals. The details of the agreement with Uganda remain unclear, with the law society accusing the deportees of being at the mercy of “unnamed, private interests on either side of the Atlantic “and seeking legal remedies to address what it calls “international illegality.”The identities and countries of origin of the deportees were not disclosed.
Okello Oryem, the Ugandan state minister for foreign affairs, was traveling and unaware of the arrivals. A spokeswoman for the U. S.
Embassy in Kampala did not respond to inquiries about the deportees’welfare. Oryem had previously mentioned that Uganda was expecting “planeloads “of deportees from the U. S.
Noting that the agreement was signed in the spirit of pan — Africanism and out of humanitarian concerns for Africans unwanted in foreign lands. Ugandan authorities have said their agreement with the U. S.
Pertains to receiving deportees of African origin without a criminal record.
Source: panafricannews
