Rwanda has agreed to accept 250 deportees from the United States, a Rwandan government spokeswoman said on Tuesday, making the African nation the latest country to work with the Trump administration as it seeks to expel tens of thousands of migrants held in government custody.

Rwanda has agreed to accept up to 250 deportees from the United States under the Trump administration's third-country deportation program.

Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo told The Associated Press in a statement that the East African country would accept up to 250 deportees from the US, with “the ability to approve each individual proposed for resettlement” under the agreement.