Eswatini
Between July 16 and 17, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported five individuals—convicted in the U.S. of heinous crimes such as murder and child rape—from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen, and Laos to Eswatini, Southern Africa’s sole remaining absolute monarchy. DHS labelled them “uniquely barbaric” and noted their home countries refused repatriation. Their arrival signals a controversial revival of Trump-era “third-country deportation” policies, judicially authorized earlier this year.
