The US has deported 10 people to Eswatini despite rights groups in the southern African state mounting legal action to block the plan.
This is the second batch of deportees that the Donald Trump administration has sent to Eswatini as part of its hard-line approach towards immigration.
The 10 have been “securely accommodated”, and posed no threat to the public, Eswatini’s prison department said in a statement.
Eswatini human rights lawyer Mzwandile Masuku told the BBC he was “shocked and dismayed” that the government had taken in the group, despite an ongoing court case against the arrival of five deportees in July.
The US had described the five – from Jamaica, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen – as “depraved monsters”
The Jamaican has since been repatriated to his country of origin, while another two were expected to be repatriated soon, Eswatini’s government says
In a statement on Sunday, the government said it would take in 11 deportees following an agreement with the US “to cooperate in this manner”.
It did not explain why only 10 had arrived.
Their names have not been made public
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