France, April 6 -- The decision was announced by the Congolese government as part of an agreement reached with Washington, after the latest talks in a string of ongoing discussions.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is preparing to welcome, starting this month, third-country nationals deported from the United States.

This measure is for now presented as temporary, and falls within the framework of American immigration mechanisms, without specifying the number of people involved, RFI's correspondent in Kinshasa reported.

Kinshasa assured in a statement however that this operation would be entirely financed by the US, without impacting the Congolese public treasury.

Congo in talks with US over third-country deportations, sourc...