How Uganda Became a Holding Ground for America’s Deportees

How Uganda Became a Holding Ground for America’s Deportees

They arrived in Uganda in handcuffs, broke and unsure where they were. A secret deportation deal between Uganda and the U.S. sent eight deportees halfway around the world, in possible violation of Ugandan, U.S. and international law.

CCIJ: How Uganda became a destination for people the U.S. wanted gone | tndNews, Uganda

Two of the eight were eventually granted asylum in Uganda, five were voluntarily repatriated to their countries, while one Ethiopian deportee later left Uganda for Kenya.