US EditionA Jamaican man deported by the US to Eswatini has been repatriated, authorities say
Orville Etoria was repatriated after over two months detained without charges under a U.S. program sending migrants to third countries when home nations refused them.
- On Monday, officials from Eswatini announced that Orville Etoria, a Jamaican deportee originally sent there by the United States, has now been returned to Jamaica.
- Etoria was one of five men sent to Eswatini as part of a deportation initiative during the Trump administration after their countries of origin declined to accept their return.
- The five individuals, all deemed dangerous criminals by U.S. authorities for offenses such as murder and child rape, were detained in a high-security facility in Mbabane for over two months without formal charges or access to legal representation.
- The US Department of Homeland Security described the men as dangerous criminals while rights groups filed legal cases against their detention, calling the third-country program unconstitutional.
- Eswatini and international bodies are working to repatriate the remaining four deportees from Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, and Yemen amid ongoing legal and human rights concerns.
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Eswatini says it has repatriated US deportee to Jamaica
A Jamaican man deported from the US to Eswatini under President Donald Trump’s tough new immigration rules has been sent on to Jamaica, the Eswatini government has said.Orville Isaac Etoria, 62, was voluntarily repatriated at the weekend, and was “warmly welcomed by members of his family”, it added.But his treatment has been condemned by the Legal Aid Society of New York, which says Etoria came to the US as a child and had lawful permanent resid…
Jamaican man deported by the US to Eswatini has been repatriated, authorities say
Orville Etoria was held in a maximum-security prison in Eswatini for more than two months without charges or access to legal counsel, his lawyers have said, accusing the U.S. of deporting him there unlawfully in mid-July
Orville Isaac Etoria was expelled in July to the small southern African country, as part of the American programme for the transfer of migrants to third countries. On Sunday, 21 September, he finally arrived in his native country.
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