US wants to deport African migrants to Equatorial Guinea: VP

Malabo: The United States wants to deport African migrants to Equatorial Guinea, the west African country s deputy leader has said. I confirm that...

Malabo: The United States wants to deport African migrants to Equatorial Guinea, the west African country's deputy leader has said.

"I confirm that there was a conversation in which the United States expressed its intentions, but no conclusion was reached," vice president Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue wrote on his X account on Wednesday.

In exchange for accepting deported African migrants from the United States, Mangue said he had asked President Donald Trump's administration to cover the housing and living costs of the deportees and to invest in local programmes to help them reintegrate socially.

In the capital Malabo, the topic stirred emotions among some Equatorial Guineans, who fear the deported migrants could be "criminals".

But Mangue said the country would avoid accepting migrants with criminal records.