Kosovo has accepted a request to receive migrants deported from the United States, with an initial plan to take in 50 deportees per year, the government said in a statement to Reuters on Wednesday.”The government has expressed its readiness to participate, with the opportunity to select individuals from a proposed pool, provided they meet specific criteria related to the rule of law and public order,” it said.
The United States is on the look-out for partners to receive third party nationals as it seeks to deliver on President Donald Trump’s promise of record-level deportations.
Kosovo, a Balkan country of 1.6 million people, already has a deal to receive 300 prison inmates from Denmark beginning in 2027 in return for 210 million euros over the next decade, and has expressed interest in receiving deportees from Britain.Kosovo-US relations are particularly strong, given the US lead in supporting independence from Serbia in 2008.
The United States is on the look-out for partners to receive third party nationals as it seeks to deliver on President Donald Trump’s promise of record-level deportations.
Kosovo, a Balkan country of 1.6 million people, already has a deal to receive 300 prison inmates from Denmark beginning in 2027 in return for 210 million euros over the next decade, and has expressed interest in receiving deportees from Britain.Kosovo-US relations are particularly strong, given the US lead in supporting independence from Serbia in 2008.
”We hold their support in very high regard,” the statement said.
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