Three African nations agree to accept deportees from the US. What we know about the secret agreements
Rwanda has become the third African nation to reach an agreement with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the United States.
Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar denounced the United States' pressure on several African countries to accept Venezuelan citizens deported from their territory, noting that it would be difficult for Nigeria to do so.
"The United States is putting considerable pressure on African countries to accept Venezuelans who are being deported from the United States, some directly from prison," Tuggar said during an interview on Channels Television, which aired Thursday night.
The minister, however, stressed that it would be "difficult" for Nigeria to accept Venezuelan prisoners: "We already have enough problems of our own. We cannot accept Venezuelan sports in Nigeria (...). There are already 230 million of us."
Tuggar also addressed the new 10% tariffs imposed on Nigeria by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, who announced the measure last Tuesday after warning that he would impose an additional 10% tariff on countries that align with the BRICS group.
Rwanda has become the third African nation to reach an agreement with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the United States.
The United States and Rwanda have agreed for the African country to accept up to 250 migrants deported from the U.S., the spokesperson for the Rwandan government and an official told Reuters, as President Donald Trump’s administration takes a hardline approach toward immigration.
Police in Mpumalanga have arrested close to a thousand illegal miners at the Sheba Gold Mine in Barberton. Most of the arrested illegal miners are undocumented foreign nationals.