Burundi agrees to receive ‘third-country’ migrant deportees from US

Burundi joins several other African nations in accepting people deported under Trump's hardline policy

Burundi has agreed to join a clutch of other African nations in receiving migrants from other countries deported from the US under Donald Trump's hardline immigration policy.

However, the authorities in Bujumbura, the country's economic capital, said Burundi will only accept those not accused of crime or terrorism links, said Nancy Ninette Mutoni, a spokesperson for the country's president, Evariste Ndayishimiye. Tuesday's announcement gave no details of numbers, timing or financial details.