DR Congo accepts first set of deportees from the US

The Congolese government stresses those expelled from the US are only in the country temporarily.

Approximately 15 Latin American migrants deported from the United States arrived in Kinshasa, Congo, as part of a controversial third-country arrangement under the Trump administration's immigration policy. The deportees are currently staying in a Kinshasa hotel, and the International Organization for Migration is providing them with humanitarian aid and may offer voluntary return options.

The first group of migrants deported from the US has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo under a deal reached with Washington. The group includes nationals from Peru and Ecuador. Congo joined other African countries in accepting deportees as the US administration turned to Africa as a destination for migrants from the US.

The first migrants deported from the United States under a recent bilateral agreement arrived in Democratic Republic of Congo early on Friday. The plane carrying the deportees — from Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador — landed in Kinshasa at around 1 a.m. Congo's interior ministry and a spokesperson for the Congolese presidency did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Fifteen people have arrived in DR Congo after being expelled from the United States as part of an immigration crackdown, the UN confirmed on Friday. The arrivals in Kinshasa overnight Thursday to Friday are the first under the deal to land in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the latest African nation to accept expelled migrants from the US.

Fifteen migrants expelled from the United States have arrived by plane in DR Congo’s capital, the UN said Friday, under Washington’s immigration crackdown. The arrivals in Kinshasa overnight Thursday to Friday are the first in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the latest African nation to accept expelled migrants from the US.