Uganda receives first U.S. deportation flight under third-country agreement
Rachel Savage and agenciesFriday April 3, 2026
A deportation flight from the United States has touched down in Uganda, underscoring Donald Trump’s drive to send migrants to countries where they have no roots, no family and, in many cases, no clear future.
The people removed from the US will remain in the east African country as “a transition phase for potential onward transmission to other countries”, an unnamed senior Ugandan government official told Reuters.
The Uganda Law Society, which has denounced the arrivals, said 12…