US deports ‘barbaric’ migrants from Vietnam, Laos, other nations to Africa’s eSwatini
The five foreign nationals, convicted of violent crimes, were deported after their countries refused to repatriate them
They were convicted of violent crimes such as child rape and murder, according to DHS.
Eswatini’s government confirmed that it was holding five third-country nationals deported from the US in isolated prison units, with plans to eventually send them home.
“Government acknowledges the widespread concern regarding the deportation of third-country prisoners from the United States of America into the Kingdom of Eswatini,” said Eswatini’s acting government spokesperson Thabile Mdluli in a statement.
“Indeed, five inmates are currently housed in our correctional facilities in isolated units,” she said, adding that it was “the result of months of robust high-level engagements” with the United States government.