Democratic Republic of Congo has agreed to receive deportees from the United States under a new third-country program arrangement. The arrival of migrants is expected to begin this month, according to the Congolese Ministry of Communications.

DR Congo will receive some migrants as part of a new deal under the Trump administration’s third-country programme, its government said on Sunday, the latest such African nation to receive migrants being deported from the United States. The deportees will start arriving in Democratic Republic of Congo this month, the Congolese Ministry of Communications said in a statement, without further details on the date or the number of deportees expected. It described the arrangement as a “temporary” one....