The Trump administration has sparked outrage in Eswatini and across Africa by deporting five men—originally from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen, and Laos—to the small southern African kingdom.
These men, convicted of violent crimes, were sent to Eswatini after their home countries refused to accept them, as part of a controversial 'third-country deportation' policy. Local authorities are holding the deportees in solitary confinement, while civil society and opposition groups accuse the US of using Eswatini as a dumping ground for unwanted migrants. The move has drawn criticism for violating human rights and for placing an unfair burden on a nation with no ties to the deportees.
The incident highlights growing tensions over US immigration enforcement and the ethics of third-country deportations.
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