The Democratic Republic of Congo (a vast Central African nation currently grappling with an armed conflict in its eastern regions) has received its first group of US-deported migrants — 15 nationals from Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador — who arrived in the capital Kinshasa on 17 April under an undisclosed agreement with the Trump administration. Civil society groups and the country's largest opposition party are demanding the government publish the terms of the deal, warning that the lack of transparency may already violate the migrants' fundamental rights, and questioning how a government unable to secure its own borders could credibly manage detention facilities for foreign nationals. The ruling coalition defends the arrangement as standard diplomatic practice that strengthens ties with Washington, but opposition figures allege President Félix Tshisekedi is seeking American backing for a third term that the constitution prohibits — with key details, including how long the migrants will be held and what freedom of movement they have, still unanswered.