Rwanda received migrants deported from the US earlier this month

FILE PHOTO: Rwanda's government spokesperson Yolande Makolo addresses a news conference on the transfer of asylum seekers from Britain ahead of their arrival in Kigali, Rwanda June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana/File Photo

WASHINGTON/NAIROBI (Reuters) -Rwanda received seven migrants deported from the United States earlier this month, the government spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday, weeks after the two countries reached an agreement for the transfer of up to 250 people.

"The first group of seven vetted migrants arrived in Rwanda in mid-August," Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said in a statement.