Trump administration deported 'monsters' to tiny African country in deal catching diplomats by surprise [View all]

Source: The Independent

Trump administration deported ‘monsters’ to tiny African country in deal catching diplomats by surprise

EXCLUSIVE: DHS says the men are so ‘depraved’ they were sent to Eswatini. But the embassy was given no advanced notice of the plan

Alex Woodward
in New York
Wednesday 16 July 2025 17:48 BST

Donald Trump’s administration has resumed a policy of deporting immigrant detainees to so-called third countries, starting with the tiny African nation of Eswatini.

But Tuesday’s removals of five detained immigrants surprised diplomats who only heard about the flight from social media, The Independent has learned.

Government officials in Eswatini say they intend to send those detainees back to their countries of origin — which the Trump administration says can’t happen.

Eswatini’s government is now working with the United Nations to send the men — who originally hail from Cuba, Jamaica, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen — back to their home countries, despite the Department of Homeland Security labelling them “depraved monsters” who are “so uniquely barbaric” that those countries won’t accept them.

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