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BumRushDaShow

(174,206 posts) Thu Jul 9, 2026, 05:16 PM 5 hrs ago

US deports another group of migrants to country they have no ties to

Source: The Independent

Thursday 09 July 2026 11:52 EDT

The southern African kingdom of Eswatini accepted a fourth group of 11 individuals deported from the United States this week, predominantly from African countries, under a bilateral agreement to temporarily host third-country nationals.

The Eswatini government affirmed that the fundamental rights of the migrants would be respected and protected during their temporary stay, with measures in place to safeguard national security, and they are expected to be housed at Matsapha Maximum Security Prison.

This arrangement is part of a broader U.S. administration crackdown on immigration, where thousands of people have been deported to countries that are not their own, with Eswatini being a prominent participant in Africa under an agreement that began in 2025.

Human rights groups and civic organizations have criticized the agreement for its lack of transparency and parliamentary oversight, with some challenging the legality of holding foreign nationals in prison without charge, despite Eswatini's defense of the agreement as reflecting humanitarian values.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/us-deports-migrants-eswatini-third-country-deportees-trump-b3012097.html

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US deports another group of migrants to country they have no ties to (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago OP

These deported people are not from their home countries so how are they to survive? What kind of arrangement? Deuxcents 5 hrs ago #1

Continued HIV medicines, leaders get to continue to get travel visas to us BlueWaveNeverEnd 5 hrs ago #2

They don't know the language, culture, most likely, so how are they to survive? Will the population be Deuxcents 5 hrs ago #3

I've seen no reports where anybody has followed up on them Bayard 4 hrs ago #4

😢 Deuxcents 4 hrs ago #5

Detention without trial in a prison system known for abuse. Eugene 4 hrs ago #6

Deuxcents

(28,454 posts)

1. These deported people are not from their home countries so how are they to survive? What kind of arrangement?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 05:19 PM

5 hrs ago

How much money or compensation was agreed to and why? This is so wrong

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,628 posts)

2. Continued HIV medicines, leaders get to continue to get travel visas to us

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 05:29 PM

5 hrs ago

There's a recent news article explaining the bribes given by trump administration in exchange for taking in the deported

The USaid program has been replaced with extortion..take on the deported if you want American medicine

Deuxcents

(28,454 posts)

3. They don't know the language, culture, most likely, so how are they to survive? Will the population be

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 05:37 PM

5 hrs ago

Accepting to these people? So many questions to just taking people and dumping them off in some foreign country and who knows who they are or how they fare there. This is distressing

Bayard

(30,829 posts)

4. I've seen no reports where anybody has followed up on them

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 05:54 PM

4 hrs ago

They might as well have been dropped into an abyss.

Deuxcents

(28,454 posts)

5. 😢

Reply to Bayard (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 06:08 PM

4 hrs ago

Eugene

(67,496 posts)

6. Detention without trial in a prison system known for abuse.

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 06:13 PM

4 hrs ago

Eswatini is an absolute monarchy, where some citizens are objecting, but they have not say.

These detainees face eventual deportation to their original countries (refoulement by proxy).

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