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Eswatini Receives $5.1M from US to Accept Third-Country Deportees
Eswatini accepted $5.1 million from the US to hold at least 15 deportees without charge amid legal challenges and rights group criticism over secretive detention practices.
- On Tuesday, Eswatini confirmed it received $5.1 million from the United States government to accept third-country deportees, with Finance Minister Neal Rijkenberg saying the ministry was kept in the dark about the deal.
- The agreement, signed May 14 in Mbabane, commits Eswatini to accept up to 160 deportees under President Donald Trump's third-country deportation programme.
- Fifteen men have been flown to Eswatini and are held without charge at the Matsapha Correctional Centre, while lawyers and civil society groups in Eswatini challenge these detentions in court.
- Human rights groups warn the expulsions risk arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and refoulement, while Amnesty International reported Roberto Mosquera del Peral began an indefinite hunger strike, urging medical and legal access.
- Neighbouring South Africa warned about cross-border risks, while Rwanda agreed to accept up to 250 deportees for roughly $7.5 million, illustrating larger-scale transfers.
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