Eswatini receives two more third-country deportees from US, government says


Workers and visitors walk near the entrance to Matsapha Correctional Complex, a maximum-security prison known for holding high-profile detainees, near Manzini, Eswatini's second-largest city, April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Oupa Nkosi

MBABANE, Aug 27 (Reuters) - ⁠Eswatini said on Thursday it ⁠had received two more third-country nationals ‌deported from the United States under a bilateral agreement between the two countries.

The government statement ​did not give the ⁠nationalities of the ⁠individuals, but said that they were Latin ⁠American. ‌More than 30 people have now been deported from ⁠the U.S. to the small Southern African ​kingdom ‌since last year.

The Trump administration has ⁠also deported ​migrants to other countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas as part ⁠of its crackdown on immigration.

Washington's $5.1 ​million agreement with Eswatini has been challenged by lawyers and rights groups, who ⁠say some deportees are being detained in Eswatini despite having already served criminal sentences in the United States.

Men ​sent to Eswatini on ⁠previous deportation flights were from Vietnam, Jamaica, ​Cuba, Yemen and ‌other countries.

(Reporting by Lunga ​MasukuWriting by Sfundo Parakozov; Editing by Alistair BellEditing by Nellie Peyton)

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