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NGOZI, Burundi — <\/span>NGOZI, Burundi (AP) \u2014 Burundi<\/a> has agreed to accept people deported by the United States who have no previous connection to the East African country, a spokesperson for the country\u2019s president said Tuesday.<\/p>\n Nancy Ninette Mutoni said Burundi would accept only people who were not facing prosecution and had no links to terrorism. She spoke during an event attended by government officials in Ngozi.<\/p>\n Mutoni did not say when the deportees would arrive or how many people Burundi had agreed to receive. She said preparations were underway to provide accommodations and help the deportees live in local communities.<\/p>\n \u201cReceiving them requires serious planning \u2014 where they will stay, what they will eat and how they will live alongside the local population,\u201d Mutoni said.<\/p>\n The Trump administration has expanded third-country deportations as part of its immigration crackdown, sending people to countries where they are not citizens and may never have lived. The United States has sent deportees to several African countries<\/a>, including Eswatini and South Sudan.<\/p>\n