Five migrants deported from US to Eswatini held in solitary confinement

Five people deported by the US to the southern African country of Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country programme will be held in solitary confinement for an undetermined time, an Eswatini government spokesperson has said.

- Guardian staff

Thabile Mdluli yesterday declined to say where the five men were being held, citing security concerns. She told Associated Press that Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, planned to ultimately repatriate the five to their home countries with the help of a UN agency. Mdluli said it was not clear how long that would take.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the UN agency, earlier said it was not involved in the men's removal and had not been contacted to help send them home.