KAMPALA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Uganda has agreed to take in deportees from the United States, a top foreign affairs official here said Thursday.
Vincent Bagiire, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a statement that Uganda has reached an agreement with the United States for cooperation in the examination of protection requests.
"The agreement is in respect of third country nationals who may not be granted asylum in the United States but are reluctant to or may have concerns about returning to their countries of origin," Bagiire said.
"This is a temporary arrangement with conditions, including that individuals with criminal records and unaccompanied minors will not be accepted," he said. "Uganda also prefers that individuals from African countries shall be the ones transferred to Uganda."
He added that the two parties are working out the detailed modalities on how the agreement shall be implemented. ■
