DR Congo Agrees to Receive U.S. Deportees in New Deal

The Democratic Republic of Congo has agreed to accept migrants deported from the United States under a new deal effective this month. Crucially, the deportees are not Congolese nationals but third-country migrants—individuals from neither the U.S. nor Congo. Kinshasa has set up temporary reception facilities, with logistical and technical assistance provided by the U.S., at no financial cost to Congo. Officials stressed this is not a permanent relocation mechanism but a gesture of international