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BumRushDaShow

(174,432 posts) Thu Jul 9, 2026, 05:16 PM Thursday

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 Thursday OP

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

Continued HIV medicines, leaders get to continue to get travel visas to us BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #2

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

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

😢 Deuxcents Thursday #5

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

A flight for 11 to Eswatini, "housing" at a maximum security prison maxsolomon Friday #7

Deuxcents

(28,503 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

Thursday

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

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,692 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

Thursday

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

(28,503 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

Thursday

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

(30,918 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

Thursday

They might as well have been dropped into an abyss.

Deuxcents

(28,503 posts)

5. 😢

Reply to Bayard (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 06:08 PM

Thursday

Eugene

(67,504 posts)

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

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 06:13 PM

Thursday

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).

maxsolomon

(39,577 posts)

7. A flight for 11 to Eswatini, "housing" at a maximum security prison

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 02:44 PM

Friday

It seems like it might be cheaper to put them on a commercial flight back where they came from.

But: the cruelty is the point.

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