Eswatini says US never asked them to take Kilmar Abrego as deportee


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  • Thursday, 11 Sep 2025

FILE PHOTO: Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies, appears for a check-in at the ICE Baltimore field office three days after his release from criminal custody in Tennessee, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Eswatini's government said on Thursday that it did not have any agreement with the United States to receive Kilmar Abrego, who the Trump administration said last week could be deported to the small African state.

"The Government of Eswatini has not received any communication regarding this person," government spokesperson Thabile Mdluli told Reuters.

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