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Time of India
an hour ago
- Time of India
Not a joke — deported to where?! US sends immigrants from Cuba and Jamaica to African Nation Eswatini
The U.S. sent 5 deported immigrants to Eswatini , a small country in southern Africa. The men are originally from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen, and Laos. They were sent because their own countries refused to take them back. All five had serious criminal records like murder, child rape, and one was a confirmed gang member. The U.S. called them "uniquely barbaric" and said they were terrorizing communities in America. Their mugshots and charges were shared on social media, but their names were not revealed, as per the report by AP News. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Select a Course Category Data Science Product Management Technology Artificial Intelligence Public Policy Operations Management healthcare Data Analytics others Healthcare Design Thinking Cybersecurity Digital Marketing CXO MBA Management Data Science Project Management PGDM Others MCA Degree Leadership Finance Skills you'll gain: Duration: 11 Months IIT Madras CERT-IITM Advanced Cert Prog in AI and ML India Starts on undefined Get Details Skills you'll gain: Duration: 30 Weeks IIM Kozhikode SEPO - IIMK-AI for Senior Executives India Starts on undefined Get Details Skills you'll gain: Duration: 10 Months E&ICT Academy, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati CERT-IITG Prof Cert in DS & BA with GenAI India Starts on undefined Get Details Skills you'll gain: Duration: 11 Months E&ICT Academy, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati CERT-IITG Postgraduate Cert in AI and ML India Starts on undefined Get Details Skills you'll gain: Duration: 10 Months IIM Kozhikode CERT-IIMK DABS India Starts on undefined Get Details Where were they sent — and why Eswatini? Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, is a tiny kingdom between South Africa and Mozambique. It's Africa's last absolute monarchy, ruled by King Mswati III since 1986. The U.S. and Eswatini worked together for months before sending the men there, as per the reports. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like New Barefoot Shoe Has Seniors Walking Off the Weight Barefoot Vitality Learn More Undo ALSO READ: Terminal mom refuses to let kids watch her suffer — starves herself to death in final act of love Eswatini said they are keeping the men in isolation inside unnamed prisons. They called them "inmates" and "prisoners" in transit, meaning they're not staying permanently. Eswatini and the UN migration agency will help send them back to their home countries later. No exact date was given for when this will happen, , as per the reports. Live Events Why is this so controversial? The U.S. Supreme Court recently allowed deporting people to countries where they have no personal ties. Before this, the U.S. had also deported 8 men to South Sudan, another African nation, according to the report AP News. The South Sudanese government didn't say what happened to those 8 men after they arrived. The Trump administration is quietly expanding third-country deportation deals, especially in Africa, as per the reports. Rights groups like Amnesty International say Eswatini is not safe, with human rights abuses, torture, and bad prison conditions. The U.S. government's own 2023 report said Eswatini had killings by police and impunity for abuses, as stated by AP News. ALSO READ: Kremlin issues stark nuclear warning after Trump sends weapons to Ukraine that can strike deep inside Russia Vietnam, Cuba, Yemen, and Jamaica have been resistant in the past to accepting deported citizens — especially criminals. Nigeria rejected U.S. pressure to accept non-citizen deportees. Rwanda is talking to the U.S. about maybe accepting deportees too. The UK tried a similar deportation plan to Rwanda in 2022, but their Supreme Court shut it down, according to the report by AP News. What's in It for Africa? Experts think some African countries may accept deportees in exchange for better trade deals, aid, or visa talks with the U.S. One South Sudan civil leader said his country is 'not a dumping ground for criminals', as per reports. The U.S. is now sending foreign criminals to third countries like Eswatini when their own nations refuse to take them back. Rights groups are warning these deportations could lead to human rights abuses. The Trump admin is looking for more countries willing to make similar secret deals, as mentioned in the report by AP News. FAQs Q1. Why did the U.S. deport criminals to Eswatini? Their home countries wouldn't take them back, so they were sent to a third country. Q2. Is Eswatini safe for deported immigrants? Rights groups say it's risky due to abuse, poor prisons, and lack of freedoms.
Toronto Star
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Toronto Star
U.S. deports immigrants from Jamaica, Cuba, and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United States has sent five immigrants it says were convicted of serious crimes to the African nation of Eswatini, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed, in an expansion of the Trump administration's largely secretive third-country deportation program. The U.S. has already deported eight men to another African country, South Sudan, after the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on sending people to countries where they have no ties. The South Sudanese government has declined to say where those men, also described as violent criminals, are after it took custody of them nearly two weeks ago.
The Star
3 hours ago
- Business
- The Star
WFP faces 274-mln-USD funding shortfall for humanitarian aids in South Sudan
JUBA, July 16 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Wednesday warned of a funding shortage hindering humanitarian efforts in South Sudan. Mary-Ellen McGroarty, country director for the WFP in South Sudan, said the agency is facing a 274 million U.S. dollar shortfall in funding for food aid to help vulnerable South Sudanese. "We are reducing the level of assistance. We are reducing the rations. In most of our programs now, we are only giving about 50 percent of what is required, except in those cases that are very high risk, at the risk of famine where we give a 70 percent ration," McGroarty told reporters in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. She said the WFP originally planned 750 million dollars in food aid for South Sudan this year, which was later revised to 630 million dollars, still leaving a shortfall of 274 million dollars to meet the target. McGroarty said the situation in the country is driven by the absence of livelihoods, poverty, floods, climate shocks, and ongoing conflict. According to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), over half of South Sudan's population is experiencing severe food insecurity. With clear signs of famine risk in specific areas and a widespread crisis elsewhere, the situation demands urgent, multi-sector humanitarian intervention to prevent further deterioration and loss of life, the WFP said.
Global News
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Global News
U.S. deports immigrants to the kingdom of Eswatini, where they have no ties
The United States sent five immigrants it describes as 'barbaric' criminals to the African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration's largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. The U.S. has already deported eight men to another African country, South Sudan, after the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on sending people to countries where they have no ties. The South Sudanese government has declined to say where those men, also described as violent criminals, are after it took custody of them nearly two weeks In a late-night post on X, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the five men sent to Eswatini, who are citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos, had arrived on a deportation plane. She said they were all convicted criminals and 'individuals so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back.' The men 'have been terrorizing American communities' but were now 'off of American soil,' McLaughlin added. Story continues below advertisement McLaughlin said they had been convicted of crimes including murder and child rape and one was a 'confirmed' gang member. Her social media posts included mug shots of the men and what she said were their criminal records and sentences. They were not named. It was not clear if the men had been deported from prison or if they were detained in immigration operations, and the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement didn't immediately respond to requests for clarification. The Eswatini government said Wednesday the men, which it referred to as 'prisoners' and 'inmates,' were being held in isolated units in unnamed correctional facilities in Eswatini but were considered to be in transit and would ultimately be sent back to their home countries. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy In a series of posts on X, the Eswatini government said it and the U.S. would collaborate with the United Nations' migration agency to facilitate that. It gave no timeframe for that to happen but said that it would ensure 'due process and respect for human rights is followed' in what it described as a repatriation process. 5:09 Trump's mass deportations will continue despite 'left-wing riots,' White House says Four of the five countries where the men are from have historically been resistant to taking back some citizens when they're deported from the U.S. That issue has been a reoccurring problem for Homeland Security even before the Trump administration. Some countries refuse to take back any of their citizens, while others won't accept people who have committed crimes in the U.S. Story continues below advertisement Eswatini, previously called Swaziland, is a country of about 1.2 million people between South Africa and Mozambique. It is one of the world's last remaining absolute monarchies and the last in Africa. King Mswati III has ruled by decree since 1986. Political parties are effectively banned and pro-democracy groups have said for years that Mswati III has crushed political dissent, sometimes violently. Pro-democracy protests erupted in Eswatini in 2021, when dozens were killed, allegedly by security forces. Eswatini authorities have been accused of conducting political assassinations of pro-democracy activists and imprisoning others. The Trump administration has said it is seeking more deals with African nations to take deportees from the U.S. Leaders from some of the five West African nations who met last week with President Donald Trump at the White House said the issue of migration and their countries possibly taking deportees from the U.S. was discussed. Some nations have pushed back. Nigeria, which wasn't part of that White House summit, said it has rejected pressure from the U.S. to take deportees who are citizens of other countries. The U.S. also has sent hundreds of Venezuelans and others to Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama, but has identified Africa as a continent where it might find more governments willing to strike deportation agreements. Story continues below advertisement Rwanda's foreign minister told the AP last month that talks were underway with the U.S. about a potential agreement to host deported migrants. A British government plan announced in 2022 to deport rejected asylum-seekers to Rwanda was ruled illegal by the U.K. Supreme Court last year. The eight men deported by the U.S. to war-torn South Sudan, where they arrived early this month, previously spent weeks at a U.S. military base in nearby Djibouti, located on the northeast border of Ethiopia, as the case over the legality of sending them there played out. The South Sudanese government has not released details of its agreement with the U.S. to take deportees, nor has it said what will happen to the men. A prominent civil society leader there said South Sudan was 'not a dumping ground for criminals.' Analysts say some African nations might be willing to take third-country deportees in return for more favorable terms from the U.S. in negotiations over tariffs, foreign aid and investment, and restrictions on travel visas. The Eswatini government said its arrangement with the U.S. posed no security threat to the people of Eswatini. 'This exercise is the result of months of robust high-level engagements between the US Government & Eswatini,' it said.
South Wales Guardian
5 hours ago
- Politics
- South Wales Guardian
US deports criminals to African nation where political parties banned
The US has already deported eight men to another African country, South Sudan, after the Supreme Court lifted restrictions on sending people to countries where they have no ties. The South Sudanese government has declined to say where those men, also described as violent criminals, are after it took custody of them nearly two weeks ago. In a late-night post on X, homeland security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the men sent to Eswatini, who are citizens of Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos, had arrived on a plane but did not say when or where. She said they were all convicted criminals and 'individuals so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back'. The men 'have been terrorising American communities' but were now 'off of American soil', McLaughlin claimed. She said they had been convicted of crimes including murder and child rape and one was a 'confirmed' gang member. Her social media posts included mug shots of the men and what she said were their criminal records. They were not named. Like in South Sudan, there was no immediate comment from Eswatini authorities over any deal to accept third-country deportees or what would happen to them in that country. Civic groups there raised concerns over the secrecy from a government long accused of clamping down on human rights. 'There has been a notable lack of official communication from the Eswatini government regarding any agreement or understanding with the US to accept these deportees,' Ingiphile Dlamini, a spokesperson for the pro-democracy group SWALIMO, said in a statement sent to The Associated Press. 'This opacity makes it difficult for civic society to understand the implications.' It was not clear if they were being held in a detention centre, what their legal status was or what Eswatini's plans were for the deported men, he said. Eswatini, previously called Swaziland, is a country of about 1.2 million people between South Africa and Mozambique. It is one of the world's last remaining absolute monarchies and the last in Africa. King Mswati III has ruled by decree since 1986. Political parties are effectively banned and pro-democracy groups have said for years that Mswati III has crushed political dissent, sometimes violently. Groups like SWALIMO have called for democratic reforms. Pro-democracy protests erupted in Eswatini in 2021, when dozens were killed, allegedly by security forces. Eswatini authorities have been accused of conducting political assassinations of pro-democracy activists and imprisoning others. Because Eswatini is a poor country with a relative lack of resources, it 'may face significant strain in accommodating and managing individuals with complex backgrounds, particularly those with serious criminal convictions', Mr Dlamini said. While the US administration has hailed deportations as a victory for the safety and security of the American people, Mr Dlamini said his organization wanted to know the plans for the five men sent to Eswatini and 'any potential risks to the local population'. The Trump administration has said it is seeking more deals with African nations to take deportees from the US. Leaders from some of the five West African nations who met President Donald Trump at the White House last week said the issue of migration and their countries possibly taking deportees from the US was discussed. Some nations have pushed back. Nigeria, which was not part of that White House summit, said it has rejected pressure from the US to take deportees who are citizens of other countries.
