U.S. diplomats in several overseas missions received an urgent cable from Washington this spring. They were told to ask nine countries in Africa and Central Asia to take in people expelled from the United States who were not citizens of those nations, including criminals.

       It was a glimpse into President Trump’s wide campaign to get countries to accept America’s deportees. American diplomats are reaching out to countries in every corner of the globe, even some shattered by war or known for human rights abuses.

       U.S. officials have approached Angola, Mongolia and embattled Ukraine. Kosovo has agreed to accept up to 50 people. Costa Rica is holding dozens.

       The U.S. government paid Rwanda $100,000 to take an Iraqi man and is discussing sending more deportees there. Peru has said no so far, despite having been pressed repeatedly.

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       “The United States is eager to partner with countries willing to accept” people, the cable, dated March 12, said. It listed Tunisia, Togo and Turkmenistan among the possible destinations.

       And the administration recently planned to fly citizens of mainly Asian and Latin American countries to war-torn Libya and South Sudan, until a U.S. district court blocked those expulsions. Libya was one of the nine countries mentioned in the cable, which has not been reported previously.

       The U.S. is asking or plans to ask at least 58 countries to take deportees who are not their citizens

       Agreed

       Asked or plans to ask

       Ukraine

       Kosovo

       Costa Rica

       Rwanda

       Peru

       El Salvador

       Mexico

       Panama

       Guatemala

       Angola

       Mongolia

       Cambodia

       United States

       51 countries have been asked or will be asked to accept deportees who are not their citizens Georgia Ukraine Moldova Uzbekistan Ethiopia Peru Libya Eswatini Angola South Sudan Mongolia Honduras Benin Turkmenistan Tajikistan Togo Tunisia Mauritania Morocco Equatorial Guinea Antigua and Barbuda Bhutan Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Democratic Republic of The Congo Djibouti Dominica Egypt Gabon Gambia Ghana Ivory Coast Kyrgyzstan Liberia Malawi Niger Nigeria St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia S？o Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Syria Tanzania Tonga Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe 7 countries have agreed to accept deportees who are not their citizens Kosovo Costa Rica Rwanda El Salvador Mexico Panama Guatemala

       Note: Data is based on U.S. government documents and interviews.

       By Lazaro Gamio

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       7 countries have agreed to accept deportees who are not their citizens Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Kosovo Mexico Panama Rwanda 51 countries have been asked or will be asked to accept deportees who are not their citizens Angola Antigua and Barbuda Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Democratic Republic of The Congo Djibouti Dominica Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Honduras Ivory Coast Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Malawi Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Morocco Niger Nigeria Peru S？o Tomé and Príncipe Senegal South Sudan St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Togo Tonga Tunisia Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Zambia Zimbabwe

       Note: Data is based on U.S. government documents and interviews.

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