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Migrants deported by the US to Eswatini being held in solitary confinement

Matsapha correctional complex in Eswatini where five migrants from US are reportedly behind held in solitary confinement.
Matsapha correctional complex in Eswatini, where five migrants from the US are reportedly behind held in solitary confinement. Photograph: AP

Five migrants deported by the US to the small southern African country of Eswatini, under the Trump administration’s third-country program, will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time, an Eswatini government spokesperson says.

Thabile Mdluli, the spokesperson, declined to identify the correctional facility or facilities where the five men are held, citing security concerns. She told the Associated Press that Eswatini planned to ultimately repatriate the five to their home countries with the help of a UN agency.

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