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**Eswatini Receives New Group of US Deportees Amid Rights Concerns**
**MANZINI, Eswatini -** Ten more migrants deported from the United States arrived in Eswatini on Monday, raising concerns about the implementation of the Trump administration’s controversial third-country deportation program. This latest arrival brings the total number of deportees sent to African nations under the program to over 40 since July.
The deportees, whose nationalities have not been disclosed by the Eswatini government, are currently being held at a correctional facility, where officials say they are undergoing admission processes and are in “good health.”
According to a lawyer representing two of the deportees, the flight originated in Alexandria, Louisiana, and made stops in Puerto Rico, Senegal, and Angola before landing in the southern African kingdom. The lawyer, Tin Thanh Nguyen, confirmed that two of his clients, both Vietnamese nationals previously detained at the Alexandria Staging Facility in Louisiana, were on board.
The arrival of this group follows reports that four men, previously deported to Eswatini in July from Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, and Yemen, remain detained in the country’s maximum-security Matsapha prison without charge for nearly three months. While they have been allowed to communicate with family and lawyers in the US, an Eswatini-based lawyer has been denied access, despite a court ruling in his favor, which the government has appealed.
The deportation program, which has also sent migrants to South Sudan, Rwanda, and Ghana, has faced strong criticism from human rights organizations. Critics argue that the program sends vulnerable individuals to countries where they may be denied due process and face human rights violations. Human Rights Watch has reported that the US will pay Eswatini $5.1 million to take up to 160 deportees.
The US has referred questions about the treatment of the deportees to Eswatini officials. The kingdom, ruled by an absolute monarch, has faced accusations of suppressing pro-democracy movements.
Similar concerns have been raised in other countries participating in the program. In Ghana, eleven deportees are suing the government over what they describe as “terrible conditions” at a military camp where they are being held. The future of the US third-country deportation program remains uncertain amid ongoing legal challenges and growing international scrutiny.
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