Jamaica says 2 citizens deported by US to Eswatini rejected repatriation offers
Jamaica says the men were offered consular help and return support, while officials continue efforts to reach a third national.
- Two Jamaican nationals deported by the United States to Eswatini have formally declined offers from the Jamaican government to be repatriated to the Caribbean nation.
- The men were removed from the United States under a Third-Country National agreement with Eswatini, a policy that has faced widespread criticism from human rights groups and lawyers.
- Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith confirmed that officials established contact through the Jamaican Consulate General in Miami, Florida, offering consular assistance and support to facilitate return.
- The Jamaican High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, is continuing efforts to contact the third citizen, while the government maintains it cannot influence immigration status in the United States.
- This outreach follows the repatriation of Orville Etoria last September, the first national sent to Eswatini, where the king holds absolute power and has been accused of suppressing pro-democracy movements.
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Jamaica says 2 citizens deported by US to Eswatini rejected repatriation offers
Jamaica’s government says two of its three citizens recently deported by the United States to the African kingdom of Eswatini have formally declined offers to be repatriated to the Caribbean nation.
Two Jamaicans in Eswatini decline offer to return home: Foreign Affairs Ministry
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade says it has made contact with two of the three Jamaican nationals reported to be in the Kingdom of Eswatini, with both men indicating that they do not wish to return to Jamaica at this time.The men were reportedly deported from the United States under a Third-Country National agreement the US has with the southern African nation.
ANYWHERE BUT HOME?” JAMAICANS DEPORTED TO THIRD COUNTRIES CHOOSE ST. KITTS-NEVIS AND ESWATINI OVER RETURNING TO JAMAICA
Two men in the African kingdom formally decline Kingston’s offer of repatriation—mirroring two Jamaicans who reportedly opted to remain in St. Kitts and Nevis KINGSTON, Jamaica — A striking and deeply uncomfortable pattern is emerging from the United States’ controversial third-country deportation programme: several Jamaican nationals sent to unfamiliar countries are reportedly choosing to remain there rather than return home to Jamaica. Jamaica…
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