Burkina Faso refuses to receive foreigners deported from US

11/10/2025 6:25

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.



Burkina Faso's neighbour Ghana said in September the government had agreed to take in nationals from other West African countries.



But Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traore told a national broadcaster on Thursday night that Ouagadougou had refused multiple approaches by the Trump administration to accept third-country deportees.



"Burkina Faso is not a land of deportation," Traore said, calling the request from the U.S. unworthy and indecent.