The government of Guyana announced this Saturday that it will accept the reception of migrants deported by United States, becoming the latest South American country to join the network of migration agreements promoted by the Trump administration, according to reported by AFP.
The official statement from the government of President Irfaan Ali outlines specific conditions: Guyana will only accept a "limited and verified" number of individuals without criminal records who have voluntarily chosen to be sent to its territory.
The Guyanese executive presented the arrangement as "an extension of Guyana's long-standing commitment to human rights and international cooperation," according to the official text.
Los acuerdos de deportación entre EE.UU. y terceros países siguen expandiéndose. Mantente informado sobre todos los cambios en y cómo pueden afectar a la comunidad cubana.
The agreement is temporary in nature. Guyana emphasized that the pact "is strictly transitional and does not constitute permanent resettlement," and that the deportees will remain in the country under specific conditions while their immigration status is resolved.
Regarding the final destination of the migrants, the government clarified: "Depending on the resolution of each individual case, migrants may return to their country of origin or be relocated to a third destination of their choice."
The announcement is part of the immigration policy of Donald Trump, who since his return to the White House in January 2025 has carried out mass deportations and negotiated agreements with third countries to send expelled migrants from the U.S., regardless of their nationality.
Negotiations between Georgetown and Washington are not new. The Foreign Secretary of Guyana, Robert Persaud, confirmed at the beginning of January 2026 that both countries were having "productive conversations" regarding a framework for accepting nationals of third countries deported from the U.S. The specialized tracker Third Country Deportation Watch indicates that the agreement was signed on November 25, 2025, and made public in March 2026.
Guyana thus joins a growing list of nations cooperating with Washington in this scheme. Among the most notable cases is that of El Salvador, whose Counter-Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) received 250 Venezuelans deported from the U.S.
In August 2026, Liberia received its first flight of deportees under an agreement that allows for up to 1,200 migrants in 12 months; this group included Cubans among the first deportees to Liberia. Eswatini, for its part, signed a pact to accept up to 160 deportees in exchange for 5.1 million dollars in financial assistance.
The bilateral relationship between Guyana and the U.S. has grown in parallel: in August 2026, both countries signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation in security against drug trafficking, reflecting a broader common agenda.
Guyana also has a significant presence of Cuban migrants. In February 2026, Guyanese authorities intervened in a building in Georgetown where 77 Cubans were located, and President Ali sent a message to the Cuban residents in Guyana urging them to work only through legal channels and under the same conditions as Guyanese workers.
According to Amnesty International, Guyana is one of at least 15 countries in the Americas that have similar agreements or arrangements with the U.S. to receive deportees from third countries.
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