Nigeria says it does not accept us deportees: “We have enough problems with our own problems”

Lagos, Nigeria – Nigeria’s government says it will resist the pressure of the Trump government to accept deportees from Venezuela and other third countries.

In one interview With Nigeria’s TV on Friday, Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar said that the US put pressure on various African countries to accept strange subjects that the US wants to challenge.

“We already have more than 230 million people,” Tuggar said. “In the words of the famous American rap group Public Enemy – you will remember a line from Flava Flav:” Flava Flav has problems. I can’t do anything for you, man. “

His comments mark one of the most controversial rejections so far from the efforts of the Trump government to deport migrants, under the threat of rates and visa restrictions for countries that refuse. The US government has not officially confirmed that it will be african countries to accept third -country nationals.

Earlier this month, the US government deported 8 men to South Sudan. The deportees from different countries – including Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cuba and Mexico – were transferred from the US to a military base in Djibouti in East Africa in May and were cleared the road for their removal on weekend after the American Supreme Court was flown to South Sudan.

In May Rwandean’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe told the Rwandan state TV That His Government was in “Early Talks” With Washington Regarding Taking in Third-Country Nationals deported from the US The US also Reportedly Approached at Least Thuis African Nations-Benin, Eswatini, and Libya-Libya-Deteded Government in the West and the Military Government in That Controls The East refused.

This week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs imposed important visa restrictions on citizens from Nigeria, Ethiopia and Cameroon. Almost all non-immigrant and non-diplomatic visas issued to citizens of those countries will now only be valid for three months and for a single entry-a part of what the US calls a “global recognizing recovering”.

The relocation has imposed criticism in Nigeria, where civil servants deny that the limitations are mutual and claim that they are instead linked to the refusal of the country to meet the requirements of American migration.

“It will be difficult for a country like Nigeria to accept Venezuelan prisoners in Nigeria,” Tuggar said. “We have enough problems. We cannot accept Venezuelan deportees to Nigeria, to cry out loud.”

The Nigerian government says it is concerned with American officials to conclude new deals with critical minerals, oil and gas – but will not negotiate its sovereignty. “We will remain standing for our national interest,” Tuggar said.

Nigeria’s attitude follows reporting by The Wall Street Journal That the Trump government encouraged five African presidents – who met Trump earlier this week in the White House – to accept deportees whose home countries refuse to take them back.

The top, officially focused on trade, included the presidents of Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Guinee-Bissau and Mauritania. But in his opening comments President Trump referred to migration policy: “I hope that we can lower the high rates of people who can have a visa for too long and can also make progress with the safe similarities of the third country,” he said.

Trump also led to a recoil during the meeting after he had praised the president of Liberia Joseph Boakai for speaking “so good English” – despite the fact that English was the official language of Liberia. The country was founded by people from the US previously made from the US in the 19th century.