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Eleven Migrants Arrive in Eswatini; $5.1 B Deal Disputed

7/9/2026

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Eleven migrants arrived in Eswatini this week, raising the total transferred under the U.S. agreement to twenty-nine.
They are detained at Matsapha correctional facility.
Lawyer Alma David, representing some original deportees, confirmed the arrivals to Reuters by text.
Only two of the twenty-nine deportees have been released—one to Jamaica, one to Cambodia—while lawyers say the $5.1 million deal is invalid because they have served U.S. sentences.

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Eleven migrants arrived in Eswatini this week, raising the total transferred under the U.S. agreement to twenty-nine.
They are detained at Matsapha correctional facility.
Lawyer Alma David, representing some original deportees, confirmed the arrivals to Reuters by text.
Only two of the twenty-nine deportees have been released—one to Jamaica, one to Cambodia—while lawyers say the $5.1 million deal is invalid because they have served U.S. sentences.