Netherlands Signs Pact to Send Rejected Asylum Seekers to Uganda
Kigali, Rwanda.
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The Netherlands has signed a memorandum of understanding with Uganda to deport rejected asylum seekers via the African country, as it seeks to assuage voter unrest over immigration.
The agreement means rejected African asylum seekers will be deported from the Netherlands to Uganda where they will be temporarily housed at a reception center before returning to their own country, the Dutch government said in a statement late Thursday.