Five European Union countries - Austria, Germany, Greece, Denmark and the Netherlands - agreed to set up a pilot deportation center in Rwanda for migrants who have been rejected for asylum and have exhausted their legal options in the European Union.
The official announcement of the agreement is planned for Monday, November 16, in Vienna.
The agreement will only affect those immigrants who have been officially rejected for asylum and who cannot be returned to their country of origin.
The project is based on updated EU rules on the return of migrants and a new regulation adopted by the EU in autumn 2026.
The center in Rwanda will become a pilot; In the future it is planned to consider similar agreements with other countries (including countries such as Uzbekistan, Uganda or Kazakhstan).