Residents of Uganda capital concerned about US deportations pact

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Residents of Uganda capital concerned about US deportations pact  Ugandans on Tuesday questioned an agreement with the United States to receive deported migrants, highlighting the lack of parliamentary approval and that the deal eases political pressure on the country's authoritarian president.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/08/26/residents-of-uganda-capital-concerned-about-us-deportations-pact  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Ugandans have continued their criticism of the recent deportation deal between their government and the United States.

00:07The East African nation is now being put forward as a possible location for high-profile detainee Kilma Abrego Garcia,

00:14an El Salvador native who has been charged with human smuggling.

00:19Abrego Garcia was detained on Monday and is being processed for removal to Uganda.

00:23I think the U.S. should copy from other countries to be welcoming people because Abrego is from that American hemisphere.

00:41It wouldn't be good to bring him to, say, Africa where he has totally no connection.

00:47He has, I was reading that even doesn't, he speaks Spanish, doesn't speak English.

00:55So he's going to be thrown in a place where he'll probably need, like, a translator.

01:02So the U.S. on its part should be welcoming people in its hemisphere.

01:08Uganda's officials have released few details about the agreement, although said they prefer to receive deportees of African origin

01:17and didn't want individuals with criminal records.

01:20Of course I'm worried because some of them are criminals.

01:26Some of them you don't know what they've been doing on the other side.

01:30You don't know, you know people when they are starting over, you've been somewhere and you have to start again.

01:37So life gets hard.

01:38So you find yourself doing something you wouldn't have done if you had stayed in your real life.

01:45So I'm a bit worried.

01:46It remains unclear precisely what Ugandan authorities are getting in return for accepting deportees.

01:53Some opposition leaders claim the deal eases political pressure on the country's authoritarian president, Yoweri Museveni.

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