Eswatini says it received more ‘third country’ deportees as part of deal with Trump administration

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Eswatini has received four more third-country deportees from the United States under a multimillion-dollar deal with the Trump administration, bringing the total to 19. The deportees hail from Somalia, Sudan, and Tanzania, though they were sent to the small African nation of Eswatini. This is part of the Trump administration's broader anti-immigration crackdown and use of third-country deportation agreements.

Two deportees sent to Eswatini were from Somalia, one was from Sudan and another was from Tanzania The government of Eswatini announced on Thursday it received four more “third country” deportees from the United States, as part of the Trump administration’s multimillion-dollar deal with the small African nation. Now a total of 19 deportees from the US have been sent to Eswatini even as they hail from other countries, amid the Trump administration’s continued anti-immigrant crackdown and changes to immigration policy. Continue reading...