Overview

• Five men deported under President Trump’s third-country program arrived in Eswatini on July 16–17 and are being held in solitary confinement for an undetermined period.
• The detainees are citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos who were convicted in the U.S. of serious crimes including murder and child rape.
• Eswatini’s government says the terms of its removal pact with the U.S. remain classified and refuses to disclose the detention sites.
• Opposition party PUDEMO and local demonstrators have denounced Eswatini as a “dumping ground” for foreign convicts under the opaque policy.
• Officials indicate repatriation will involve a U.N. agency, but the International Organization for Migration confirms it has not been contacted and no timeline is set.