War-torn nation one of several countries reportedly approached by US government to take in people expelled from its borders
Cameron Henderson US Reporter
07 May 2025
The Trump administration allegedly tried to deport illegal migrants to Ukraine.
A senior US diplomat is said to have approached Kyiv in January with a proposal for the war-torn country to accept deportation flights, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
There are few details about the nature of the proposed agreement, but a Ukrainian representative allegedly told the US embassy that Kyiv would respond once it has made a decision.
The diplomat is said to have told American counterparts that while Ukraine has a “solid track record of accepting the return of its citizens when removed by the United States,” the government in Kyiv faces the difficulty of “war-time exigencies”.
The revelation comes as Mr Trump seeks to rapidly expand the deportation of illegal migrants by striking deals with third-party countries to accept them.
Ukraine has so far not accepted deportation flights from the US, and there is no indication that Kyiv is seriously considering the proposal.
Ukrainian officials told the outlet that the topic had never reached the highest level of government and that they were unaware of any “political demands” made by the US over accepting deportees.
The proposal was made in the days after Mr Trump returned to office, as the president sought to broker a peace deal with Russia and threatened to withdraw its support from Ukraine if the two sides could not reach an agreement.
Last week, the US signed a minerals deal with Ukraine after months of tense negotiations.
Efforts to encourage Ukraine to accept deported migrants are not thought to have been raised in the process of signing the economic partnership, which gives the president a stake in the future of Ukraine.
The documents seen by The Post allege that the US made similar approaches to several countries around the same date.
So far, El Salvador, Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama have agreed to receive deportees who are not their citizens.
The Trump administration is also planning to deport a group of migrants to Libya, US officials told the New York Times, with a military plane expected to take off as soon as Wednesday.
Rwanda is in discussions with the US over a deportation deal as well, having last month accepted a payment of $100,000 to take in an Iraqi deportee.
The African nation has agreed to take in an extra 10 deportees of various nationalities as part of a “durable programme” for accepting removals, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
The Telegraph this week revealed that Rwandan accommodation paid for by British taxpayers could be used to house those who are deported.
The Trump administration is facing numerous legal challenges over its deportation policy, after it removed a group of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, where they are being held in a maximum-security prison.
The US government is also said to be in talks with Georgia and Uzbekistan over accepting removal flights, according to The Washington Post.
A spokesman for the State Department told the outlet that “ongoing engagement with foreign governments” is “vital to deterring illegal and mass migration and securing our borders”.
The State Department and Department of Homeland Security were approached for comment.
There is so little information in this article that it is impossible to formulate a conclusion.
If he wants to return military age Ukrainians, that’s fair enough.
But does he want to send foreign gangbangers, rapists and other assorted filth?
Non-Ukrainians who get deported there will not be model citizens and will simply head in any case for the EU to live on benefits.
What I advocate for Ukraine is vetted mass immigration to help defend the country and rebuild it. I’d be going for demobbed Peshmerga warriors and their families, Columbian war veterans and their families and others of that ilk.
I’d also offer citizenship to all volunteers of Ukraine’s foreign legion.
I agree. I saw this report elsewhere but couldn’t make out anything about who exactly he wants to send to Ukraine. If it’s Ukrainians, I’m fine with that. Others, only if they are decent people and don’t mind being in Ukraine, where they might be of help. Anyone else, no way.
“But does he want to send foreign gangbangers, rapists and other assorted filth?”
There’s no reason to think the people are criminals. They could be legal immigrants who said something that trumpkov didn’t like. (There have been plenty of examples of this in the news recently.)
Illegal immigrants are all criminals; by definition. Since 90% of them come from primitive countries/cultures also, they commit foul and savage crimes, some of which are not even considered crimes in the shitholes they come from.
By that I mean rape, intimidation and other disgusting crimes against women, girls and boys.
In certain areas of London and other cities, it is dangerous for a young woman to walk alone. Because simian types can’t look at an attractive girl without feeling the need to hurt them; especially if she is wearing a short skirt, as she is fully entitled to in a civilized country.
IMHO, such creatures are no different from orcs and should be gunned down in the streets. Better still they need to be turned round as soon as they arrive.
(Sorry about the previous reply – I kept getting “Nonce verification failed.” Accidentally pasted in the URL rather than my post.)
“Illegal immigrants are all criminals”
Note: I wrote “They could be legal immigrants”. There are people here legally who trumpkov is trying to deport (after cancelling their student visa or green card) because he doesn’t like something they said. (Or maybe it’s the color of their skin…)
As I indicated, there have been many examples reported in the US news. (The legitimate media, anyway.)
I don’t have any problem with legals; none whatsoever.
Well there is perhaps one in the U.K. : because of its welfare system, a legal immigrant would need to earn a minimum of £45,000/yr in order NOT to be a burden on the state.
In Ukraine that would not apply.
Incidentally, they have an “interesting” healthcare system. Technically it’s free, but you pay a GP usually in chocolates or champagne.
If you require surgery, you pay for all the drugs/materials etc. Plus in advance you pay the surgeon a not unreasonable cash fee, which varies according to the complexity of the op.
“Rwanda is in discussions with the US over a deportation deal as well, having last month accepted a payment of $100,000 to take in an Iraqi deportee” this degenerate cockroach thinks only in terms of money. Human lives mean nothing to him. Everyone can be bought or sold. He would have been a great slave merchant a couple centuries ago