Uganda has entered an agreement with the United States to take in nationals from third countries who may not get asylum in the U.S. but are reluctant to return to their countries of origin, the foreign affairs ministry said on Thursday.

Uganda has signed a deal with the United States to accept people from other countries who have been refused asylum in America but don't want to go back to their home countries.

Conditions of the agreement stipulate Uganda will not accept “individuals with criminal records and unaccompanied minors.”

Uganda will accept illegal immigrants from the U.S. who are fearful of going back to their home country. They expressed preference for African migrants.

Emilie Larter and her partner, Josh, hope to relocate to her home in the U.K. with their four adoptive kids. The TikTok star started a GoFundMe page to help cover visa costs and legal adoption fees so their family can leave Uganda together.

Jane Nabakooza, a pediatrician with Uganda’s malaria control program, said she expects the government will make Coartem Baby available to patients free of charge, even after losing funding when the U.S. shrank its foreign aid program earlier this year.

CBS News said that it had obtained internal government documents showing that Uganda had agreed to accept an unclear number of asylum seekers in the US.

"We do not have the facilities and infrastructure to accommodate such illegal immigrants in Uganda," State Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem said

All eyes will be on the Amaan International Stadium in Zanzibar on Saturday, August 23, 2025, as it hosts the quarter-final of the African Nations Championship for local players (CHAN 2025) between Uganda and Senegal.

While Uganda is globally known for its migrant or refugee policy, with the new U.S. deal, they prefer migrants be of African descent.