Eswatini, Africa
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The United States has deported five individuals from Vietnam, Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and Laos to Eswatini, a small southern African nation governed by a king who still holds absolute power.
Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, is a landlocked country bordering Mozambique and South Africa. The nation is smaller than Maryland, suffers from severe poverty, high unemployment and the world's highest rate of HIV and AIDS, according to the CIA World Factbook.
On board the flight were five deportees from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and Yemen who have been convicted of crimes ranging from child rape to murder, US Homeland Security Department Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in an online post.
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Ethiopian News Agency - ENA on MSNEswatini to Repatriate US Deportees After Rejecting Role as Dumping GroundEswatini says it will repatriate five migrants deported by the US, rejecting claims that their home countries refused to accept them.
Five inmates are currently housed in our Correctional facilities in isolated units, where similar offenders are kept,' says government spokesperson - Anadolu Ajansı