US EditionAfrican leader says taking US deportees was ‘discussed’ with Trump
GUINEA-BISSAU, JUL 10 – Guinea-Bissau President Embalé clarified no explicit migrant acceptance request was made during talks with Trump, noting the proposal conflicts with his country’s policies.
- On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump held discussions with leaders from five West African nations to address issues related to trade and migration.
- The meeting followed Washington's efforts to have these countries accept migrants deported from other nations amid geopolitical competition in the region.
- Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló confirmed Trump raised the migrant acceptance topic, but no formal request was made, and his country’s policy rejects non-citizen deportees.
- Embaló emphasized that only Guinean citizens are accepted to return home and questioned the rationale for accepting foreigners, while also pointing out that China tends to respond to African needs faster than Western countries.
- The discussions highlight Washington’s strategic aim to reassert influence in Africa as China and Russia expand their presence, while some African leaders resist deportation demands.
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Guinea-Bissau’s president on his meeting with Trump, relations with Russia and China, and whether he will accept US deportees
Speaking at the Atlantic Council, Umaro Sissoco Embaló said that he appreciated how Trump “knows what he wants”—and has a “win-win partnership” in mind.
Trump’s African leaders summit focuses on deportation deals
The US pushed five West African countries whose leaders were invited to a special summit in Washington this week to accept migrants deported from America, The Wall Street Journal reported.Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal were each sent requests ahead of their leaders meeting US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, in a move “underscoring the overlap between the administration’s aggressive deportation campaign and its foreig…
African leader says taking US deportees was ‘discussed’ with Trump
The president of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday said that the country would only take back its own citizens who are deported from the U.S., rejecting requests from the Trump administration to take in deported migrants whose home countries refuse them or are slow to accept them. President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, one of five West African leaders…
West African leaders push back on U.S. deportation request during Trump meeting – The North Africa Post
West African leaders are rejecting U.S. efforts to offload third-country deportees, following a White House summit where President Donald Trump reportedly floated the idea of African nations accepting migrants refused by their own governments. Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló confirmed Thursday (10 July) that while Trump raised the issue during a Wednesday meeting with five […]
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