Burundi to receive US deportees under new deal

74 reports from 74 outlets in 2 languages · first reported 2026-09-30 07:51 UTC · updated 2026-10-02 16:18 UTC · JSON

Burundi has agreed to accept deportees from the US who are not criminals or terrorists.^{[1, 2, 5, 9]} The US has sent such deportees to several African countries under agreements that have reportedly cost millions of dollars.^{[2, 7]} The number of deportees Burundi will receive, their arrival date, and whether there are payments involved remain undisclosed.^{[7, 9]}

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1. Burundi agrees to accept people deported from the USPublished by echo-news.co.uk, leaderlive.co.uk, bridgwatermercury.co.uk, bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk, thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk, thetelegraphandargus.co.uk, thenorthernecho.co.uk, cambstimes.co.uk, salisburyjournal.co.uk, southwalesguardian.co.uk, oxfordmail.co.uk, cotswoldjournal.co.uk and 44 more · 2026-09-30 08:22 UTC
2. Burundi to take third-country deportees from USPublished by polity.org.za, sundayworld.co.za, ghanaiantimes.com.gh, thefrontierpost.com, SABC News · 2026-10-01 11:30 UTC
3. Burundi to receive US deportees under new dealPublished by timeslive.co.za, sowetan.co.za · 2026-10-01 06:47 UTC
4. Burundi Agrees to Accept US Third-Country Deporteesriotimesonline.com · en · 2026-10-02 16:18 UTC
5. Burundi agrees to accept deportees from USvanguardngr.com · en · 2026-10-01 20:47 UTC
6. Burundi agrees to receive US third-country deportees, excluding those with crime or terror linksjpost.com · he · 2026-10-01 09:28 UTC
7. Burundi agrees to take third-country deportees from U.S.sana.sy · en · 2026-10-01 08:58 UTC
8. Burundi to take third country deportees from US – Channel Africachannelafrica.co.za · en · 2026-10-01 08:30 UTC
9. Burundi Agrees Third-country Deportation Deal With USafrica.com · en · 2026-10-01 03:38 UTC
10. Burundi agrees to receive US-deported migrants under Trump’s third-country policyeastleighvoice.co.ke · en · 2026-09-30 19:11 UTC
11. Arab News | Burundi to take third-country deportees from USarabnews.com · en · 2026-09-30 18:37 UTC
12. Burundi agrees to receive 'third-country' migrant deportees from US | Trump administrationtheguardian.com · en · 2026-09-30 13:38 UTC
13. Burundi agrees to accept third-country US deporteesafricanews.com · en · 2026-09-30 10:10 UTC
14. Burundi agrees to accept third-country deportees from USgbcghanaonline.com · en · 2026-09-30 09:32 UTC