Tiny African country detaining five deported US migrants asked Trump team for $500 million: report
Why one of the smallest countries on earth is demanding half a billion dollars from Trump
- The US administration resumed a policy of deporting immigrant detainees to so-called third countries, beginning with Eswatini.
- Eswatini reportedly requested a substantial sum, potentially half a billion dollars, from the US administration to detain these deportees.
- Five immigrants deported from the United States remain imprisoned in Eswatini, despite not facing new criminal charges, raising concerns about due process.
- Human rights groups and critics argue that this policy places immigrants at severe risk, given Eswatini's poor human rights record and lack of due process.
- Other nations, including Rwanda and Uganda, have also reached agreements with the US administration to receive deportees, with some already having arrived.