Uganda reaches agreement with US to take in some failed asylum seekers

African country's foreign ministry says the two states are working on the details of a deal over deportees

Uganda has reached an agreement with the US to take in deportees from third countries who may not get asylum but are reluctant" to go back to their own countries, according to Uganda's foreign ministry.

The country will not accept people with criminal records or unaccompanied minors under the temporary arrangement, the Ugandan foreign ministry's permanent secretary said in a statement. He did not say whether Uganda was receiving any payment or other benefits and how many deportees it would accept.