The United States and Rwanda have agreed for the African country to accept up to 250 migrants deported from the U.S., the spokesperson for the Rwandan government and an official told Reuters, as President Donald Trump's administration takes a hardline approach toward immigration.

Rwanda will accept up to 250 migrants removed from the US under Donald Trump’s mass-deportation programme - Ken Cedeno/Reuters The US will begin sending illegal migrants to Rwanda after it signed a deal to accept deportees.