Burundi has agreed to receive migrants deported from the United States, provided they are not involved in criminal proceedings. Nancy Ninette Mutoni publicly stated that only individuals without a history of violent crimes or any connection to terrorism would be accepted by the country.
During a public event, Mutoni assured that preparations to welcome the deportees are underway, including providing housing and assistance so they can integrate into local communities. She emphasized that receiving these migrants requires careful planning regarding where they will stay, what they will consume, and how they will live alongside the native population.
The Trump administration had expanded deportations to third countries as a migratory control strategy, sending people to countries where they do not hold citizenship and where they may never have resided. Several African nations, such as Eswatini and South Sudan, have already received citizens deported by the US.
Recently, a US Court of Appeals questioned this program. Immigration lawyers argued that a flight with approximately 70 people, scheduled from Louisiana to Burundi, Rwanda, and the Central African Republic, was canceled. The judicial decision did not veto deportations to third countries but established that individuals subject to deportation must have the chance to contest being sent to nations with which they have no ties.
The Trump administration justified this policy by alleging its necessity when the deportees' countries of origin refuse to accept them. However, today, the Supreme Court authorized the Government to proceed with deportations to foreign countries while judges evaluate the legality of this policy.