U.S. Deports 10 More Convicts to Eswatini Despite Legal Challenge
The U.S. has deported 10 people to Eswatini, the government announced. This is the second batch of deportees that the Trump administration has sent to Eswatini as part of its hard-line approach towards immigration. Officials declined to release details about the individuals but confirmed they were being held at Matsapha Maximum Security Correctional Centre pending repatriation.
The deportees, from countries including Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen, and Cuba, had faced charges such as rape and murder. Eswatini became the second African nation after South Sudan to accept such deportees, joining Uganda, Rwanda, and Ghana, which also made similar agreements with Washington.
Human rights groups and lawyers in Eswatini challenged the legality of the detentions, alleging the deal violated international law. Human Rights Watch reported that the agreement involved around $5.1 million in U.S. financial support to bolster Eswatini's border management in exchange for accepting up to 160 deportees.
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The U.S. has deported five people whom it described as "criminal illegal aliens" to Eswatini. The deportees are originally from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba, and Yemen, and had been convicted of serious crimes such as murder and child rape. Homeland Security official Tricia McLaughlin said that their home countries had refused to take them back, prompting the US to send them to Eswatini as a "safe third country."
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The Ghanaian government has announced that the U.S. visa restrictions placed on the country in June has been reversed. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said the "good news" was delivered on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
"Ghanaians can now be eligible for five-year multiple entry visas and other enhanced consular privileges," Ablakwa
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