(MENAFN) Rwanda has reached an agreement with the United States to accept migrants deported from American soil, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a government spokesperson. In return, Washington will provide Kigali with a financial grant, though the exact amount remains undisclosed.

The deal is part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s broader immigration policy, which includes mass deportations, expanded detention facilities, and third-country resettlement partnerships to ease domestic pressures around asylum seekers.

Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said the decision reflects the country’s “societal values founded on reintegration and rehabilitation,” shaped by its experience with the hardships of displacement during the 1994 genocide, which killed over 800,000 people and displaced millions more.

“Under the agreement, Rwanda has the ability to approve each individual proposed for resettlement,” Makolo explained. Those accepted will receive job training, healthcare, and housing support, enabling them to contribute to Rwanda’s rapidly growing economy.

Signed in June, the deal marks Rwanda’s second major migrant agreement with a Western nation. In 2022, Kigali struck a similar deal with the UK to accept thousands of undocumented migrants. That controversial plan was ultimately canceled by the new British government last year. Despite no deportations taking place, Rwanda reportedly sought £50 million ($63.5 million) in compensation from London in March.

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