{"id":34115,"date":"2025-07-11T13:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=34115"},"modified":"2025-07-11T13:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:56:14","slug":"us-has-pressed-african-countries-to-take-in-venezuelan-deportees-nigeria-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financialrush.com\/?p=34115","title":{"rendered":"US has pressed African countries to take in Venezuelan deportees, Nigeria says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description o3-type-body-base\">Your guide to what Trump\u2019s second term means for Washington, business and the world<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=3bd7a432-a1e2-451b-9abd-91d2702b2640&amp;newsletter-id=65b8fec772badb00166eafc6\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>The US government has pushed African countries to accept Venezuelan deportees, including some newly released from prison, Nigeria\u2019s foreign minister has said. <\/p>\n<p>Yusuf Tuggar said the Trump administration had put \u201cconsiderable pressure\u201d on countries to accept the deportees but warned that it would be \u201cdifficult\u201d for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/nigeria\" data-trackable=\"link\">Nigeria<\/a> to accommodate any. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe US is mounting considerable pressure on African countries to accept Venezuelans to be deported from the US, some straight out of prison,\u201d Tuggar told Nigerian broadcaster Channels TV. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be difficult for a country like Nigeria to accept Venezuelan prisoners into Nigeria\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009we have enough problems of our own\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009for crying out loud,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Tuggar did not say on which countries the US had applied pressure but Trump hosted five African leaders at the White House this week. <\/p>\n<p>The White House has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"n-content-image n-content-image--full\" data-component=\"image-set\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 700px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A155fa5ae-1c3d-40f5-8368-a0e163a2a584?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=1 1x,https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/ftcms%3A155fa5ae-1c3d-40f5-8368-a0e163a2a584?source=next-article&amp;fit=scale-down&amp;quality=highest&amp;width=700&amp;dpr=2 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o3-editorial-typography-caption\"><span>Yusuf Tuggar: \u2018The US is mounting considerable pressure on African countries to accept Venezuelans to be deported from the US, some straight out of prison\u2019<\/span><span> <!-- -->\u00a9 Krisztian Bocsi\/Bloomberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal met the US president for a televised lunch on Wednesday, which focused on trade and investment opportunities. <\/p>\n<p>At the event, Trump said he also hoped to \u201cmake progress on\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009safe, third-country agreements\u201d for deported migrants. <\/p>\n<p>Liberia\u2019s foreign minister on Thursday told the BBC his country had not had any discussions with the US about accepting \u201cdeportees or criminals\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has launched an aggressive crackdown on immigration since returning to office, and has promised to launch the biggest mass deportation of undocumented migrants in US history. <\/p>\n<p>The US Supreme Court last month paved the way for the US government to deport migrants to so-called \u201cthird countries\u201d that were willing to accept them, rather than their own. <\/p>\n<p>Venezuela, led by the authoritarian Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, has a difficult relationship with the US and has in the past refused to accept the forced return of its own citizens. <\/p>\n<p>Migration experts say other countries also sometimes refuse to accept their citizens deported from the US as it may signal subservience to Washington.<\/p>\n<p>This week, eight US deportees arrived in South Sudan, although only one of them is a citizen of the country and the rest are reported to be from Asia and Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has promised mass deportations while implementing measures including seeking to limit birthright citizenship and declaring a national emergency at the US-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>In March the US government sent hundreds of alleged Venezuelan 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