Four men deported from the United States have arrived in Eswatini under Washington’s third-country migrant deportation programme, officials confirmed. The group consists of two Somali nationals, one Tanzanian and one Sudanese, transferred as part of broader migration arrangements between the US and several African countries.
Authorities said the men were taken to the maximum-security Matsapha Correctional Centre near Mbabane, where they are currently undergoing administrative and social orientation. Officials added that the deportees arrived in good health.
Eswatini had already received 15 deportees in 2025 under similar agreements. Reports indicate that the country agreed to accept up to 160 deportees in exchange for financial assistance from the United States, aimed at strengthening border control and migration management capacity.
The government says the migrants are being held temporarily while arrangements are made for their eventual repatriation to their countries of origin. Other African states — including Rwanda, Ghana, South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea — have also taken part in the US deportation framework.
Source: Newstimehub
