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Cambodian man deported by the US to Eswatini is being repatriated, his lawyer says
- A Cambodian man named Pheap Rom, who was deported by the U.S. to Eswatini in October, was released from a maximum-security prison on Wednesday to begin his journey back to Cambodia.
- Rom's U.S.-based lawyer, Tin Thanh Nguyen, stated that his client was held "illegally" at the Matsapha Correctional Center for five months despite facing no criminal charges in Eswatini, where he was sent under the Trump administration's "third-country" program.
- Rom is only the second person to be repatriated out of 19 migrants sent to Eswatini since July; the case has intensified legal challenges against the U.S. policy of paying third countries—including Eswatini, which received $5.
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Cambodian man deported by the US to Eswatini is being repatriated, his lawyer says
A lawyer for a Cambodian man deported by the United States to the African kingdom of Eswatini says he has been released from a prison to be repatriated.
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