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Uganda also agrees to receive migrants the US no longer want

# Uganda has agreed to receive migrants who do not qualify to remain in the United States, in Washington’s latest attempt to speed up deportations. US President Donald Trump’s administration has negotiated arrangements to send people to third countries, among them El Salvador and Eswatini. At roughly 1.7-million Uganda already hosts the largest refugee population in Africa, according to the United Nations, and is the latest east African country to signal such a deal with Washington, joining Rwanda and South Sudan. Individuals with criminal records and unaccompanied minors will not be accepted.