Burkina Faso refuses to receive foreigners deported from US


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  • Saturday, 11 Oct 2025

Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traore attends a joint news conference following a meeting of Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with foreign Ministers of the Confederation of Sahel States in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 3, 2025. Pavel Bednyakov/Pool via REUTERS

(Reuters) -Burkina Faso has said it rejected a proposal by the United States to take in foreigners being deported as part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

Trump aims to deport millions of immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally and his administration has sought to ramp up removals to third countries, including several in Africa.

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