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The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Savage and Savior Ngcebo Kakama

Eswatini opposition attacks US deal as ‘human trafficking disguised as deportation’

Gateway of the prison with a sign reading Matsapha Correctional Complex between two tall palm trees; there are high fences along the driveway and a green guard's hut.
Five men are reportedly being held at the Matsapha correctional complex near Mbabane, Eswatini, before being returned to their countries of origin. Photograph: AP

Civil society and opposition groups in Eswatini have expressed outrage after the US deported five men to the country, with the largest opposition party calling it “human trafficking disguised as a deportation deal”.

The men, from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba, were flown to the small southern African country, an absolute monarchy, last week as the US stepped up deportations to “third countries” after the supreme court cleared them last month.

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