THE TRUMP administration has reached a deal with Dominica to start sending asylum-seekers in the US to the small Caribbean nation.

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit described the deal as “one of the primary areas of collaboration” after the country was recently hit with partial US visa restrictions.

Mr Skerrit did not provide any other details of the deal, including how soon the US would start sending asylum-seekers to Dominica.

He said that during discussions with the US State Department, “there have been careful deliberations of the need to avoid receiving violent individuals or individuals who will compromise the security of Dominica.”

The tiny island has a population of roughly 72,000 people, and would fit inside London’s M25.

Many locals are concerned about whether the island has enough resources to absorb asylum-seekers into its population.

The US government has signed similar deals with countries, including Belize and Paraguay, as it continues to put pressure on countries in Latin America and Africa to take asylum-seekers.

Last month, the Trump administration announced it was expanding travel restrictions to an additional 20 countries, including Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda, the sole Caribbean nations on that list. The restrictions took effect on January 1.