Eswatini says it received more ‘third country’ deportees

Eswatini announced it has received four more "third country" deportees from the United States under a multimillion-dollar deal with the Trump administration, bringing to 19 the total sent there who are nationals of other countries. "In line with this agreement, the nation has received another cohort of four third-country nationals from the United States," the government said.

A flight tracker run by the advocacy group Human Rights First recorded the deportation flight leaving Phoenix, Arizona, and landing in Eswatini at about 11pm ET on Wednesday, according to an ICE flight monitor. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Authorities said two of the deportees were from Somalia, one from Sudan and one from Tanzania; no identities or further details were disclosed. Earlier deportation flights to Eswatini in July and October included people from Vietnam, Cuba, Laos and Yemen, and a lawyer for that group said a Cambodian man, Pheap Rom, was due to be repatriated to his country of origin.

Eswatini, Phoenix, Arizona

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