Outrage Over Arrival Of Foreign US Deportees in African Nation, Eswatini

Across Africa, and in Eswatini, fury has erupted over the arrival of foreign deportees from the United States, after its government confirmed that migrants described by a Department of Homeland security spokesperson as “depraved monsters” had been sent to its prisons.

Five deportees from the US were being held in isolated units in its jails, acknowledging “widespread concern” but insisting the deported men “pose no threat to the country or its citizens.”

The five men are being kept in solitary confinement, acting government spokesperson Thabile Mdluli stated but stopped short of disclosing the prisons they were held in, citing security risks. She said Eswatini planned to ultimately repatriate the five to their home countries with the help of a United Nations agency.

Critics of the move say it is unacceptable for Eswatini to be treated as a “dumping ground” for people considered unfit to live in the US.