Kosovo agrees to accept U.S. deportations of migrants from other countries

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The European state of Kosovo has agreed to a Trump medication petition to let the U.S. to deport a tiny radical of migrants to the landlocked Balkan federation who are not from there, U.S. and Kosovar officials told CBS News. 

Officials successful Kosovo, Europe's youngest country, agreed to big 50 deportees from different countries, the latest statement successful a broader and aggressive effort by the Trump medication to person countries astir the satellite to judge migrants who are not their citizens.

In a connection to CBS News, Kosovo's embassy successful the U.S. confirmed the deportation agreement.

"In effect to the petition from the United States regarding the reception and relocation of third-country nationals, we person expressed our willingness to cooperate with the United States successful addressing this substance nether established conditions," the embassy said.

Kosovo's embassy said the woody would let 50 deportees from different nations to beryllium "temporarily relocated" to Kosovo, portion officials determination enactment to facilitate "their harmless instrumentality to their location country."

It's unclear who precisely could beryllium sent by the U.S. to Kosovo oregon which countries they would beryllium from. Typically, the U.S. uses 3rd state deportation agreements to deport migrants whose location countries won't instrumentality them back, successful immoderate cases due to the fact that of strained diplomatic relations.

Kosovo's embassy said the authorities successful Pristina would question "the accidental to prime individuals from a projected pool, provided they conscionable circumstantial criteria related to the regularisation of instrumentality and nationalist order."

In a connection to CBS News, the U.S. State Department said, "We invited practice connected this cardinal Trump Administration priority."

"We are grateful to our spouse Kosovo for receiving 3rd state nationals removed from the United States and facilitating those aliens' harmless instrumentality to their location countries," the State Department added.

Formerly portion of Yugoslavia, Kosovo declared its independency from Serbia successful 2008. The state is recognized by much than 100 nations, including the U.S. But different nations bash not admit its independence, including Serbia, which considers Kosovo 1 of its regions.

Kosovo considers the U.S. 1 of its strongest allies connected the planetary stage. After the chaotic American subject withdrawal from Afghanistan successful the summertime of 2021, Kosovo agreed to big Afghan evacuees who required other vetting owed to information flags.

Since President Trump began his 2nd word and launched a sweeping crackdown connected amerciable immigration, the U.S. authorities has approached nations successful Asia, Africa, Latin America and different parts of the world, seeking deportation deals. 

The 2nd Trump medication has already deported respective 100 Asian and African migrants to Costa Rica and Panama. It sent much than 200 Venezuelans accused of pack ties to El Salvador, wherever they were imprisoned astatine an infamous mega-prison. And it has tried to deport migrants to violence-torn Libya and South Sudan, though those efforts person been stymied by U.S. courts. 

Camilo Montoya-Galvez

Camilo Montoya-Galvez is the migration newsman astatine CBS News. Based successful Washington, helium covers migration argumentation and politics.

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