Burkina Faso refuses to take deportees as US stops issuing visas

The West African nation's foreign minister asks if the decision led to the US suspending issuing visas.

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Foreign affairs minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré questioned if the embassy's decision was "blackmail" after he said he had rejected a US proposal to take in migrants from third countries.

Donald Trump's administration has turned to African countries as a destination to deport migrants to as part of his crackdown on immigration.

The US State Department said it was committed to ending illegal and mass migration and bolstering US border security. The Department of Homeland Security have been contacted for comment.

Burkina Faso's leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré styles himself as a pan-African champion, standing up to Western imperialism.