US EditionCongo to receive first group of deportees from US this week, sources say
More than 30 migrants from third countries are expected to arrive by Friday, with Congo providing hotel housing and IOM assistance after arrival.
- The United States will send over 30 migrants to the Democratic Republic of Congo this week under an April 5 agreement, marking the first group of third-country removals to the Central African nation.
- Sources report between 37 and 45 migrants from Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Guatemala comprise the initial transfer, though neither Washington nor Kinshasa has officially confirmed the total.
- Migrants will be housed in a Kinshasa hotel for 10 to 15 days, where the International Organization for Migration will provide "post-arrival humanitarian assistance" while national police and a private firm secure the site.
- Legal experts and human rights groups have criticized the transfers, noting some migrants received prior court-ordered protection in the U.S. against deportation to their home countries.
- The move coincides with a strategic partnership granting the U.S. preferential access to Congo's critical minerals and a U.S.-brokered peace deal between Congo and Rwanda aimed at ending regional conflict.
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DR Congo to receive first group of deportees from US
The Democratic Republic of Congo is set to receive dozens of non-national deportees from the United States under a new bilateral deal, marking the first such transfer as Washington expands efforts to accelerate migrant removals through agreements with African countries.
Congo to receive first group of deportees from US this week, sources say
Democratic Republic of Congo is set to receive more than 30 deportees from the United States this week, four sources told Reuters, the latest example of Washington using agreements with African governments to accelerate migrant removals.
These exports to the Democratic Republic of the Congo represent the first concrete step of a bilateral agreement announced at the beginning of April, whereby the Congolese authorities accept migrants who are not citizens of the country. The sources indicate a number of 37 to 45 delegates, mainly from Central and South America, including from Colombia, Peru, Chile and Guatemala. It is for the first time when such migrants reach the Democratic Rep…
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