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Eswatini receives two more third-country deportees from US, government says

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MBABANE, Aug ‌27 (Reuters) - Eswatini said on Thursday ​it had received two more third-country nationals ⁠deported from the United States under a bilateral agreement between the two ​countries.

The government statement did not give the ‌nationalities of the individuals, but said that they were Latin American. More than 30 ⁠people have now been deported ⁠from the U.S. to the small Southern African kingdom since last year.

The Trump administration has also deported migrants ‌to other countries in Africa, Asia ⁠and the Americas as ‌part of its crackdown ​on immigration.

Washington's $5.1 million agreement with Eswatini has been challenged by lawyers and ‌rights groups, who say some ​deportees are ⁠being detained in Eswatini despite having ‌already served criminal ⁠sentences in the United States.

Men sent to Eswatini on previous deportation flights were ​from Vietnam, ‌Jamaica, Cuba, Yemen and other countries.

(Reporting by ⁠Lunga MasukuWriting by ​Sfundo Parakozov; Editing by Alistair BellEditing ​by Nellie Peyton)

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