{"id":39170,"date":"2026-07-09T14:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39170"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:53:13","slug":"us-deports-11-more-migrants-to-eswatini","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-deports-11-more-migrants-to-eswatini\/","title":{"rendered":"US deports 11 more migrants to eSwatini"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Eleven more migrants deported by United States (US) President Donald Trump administration under a policy of sending individuals to third countries,\u00a0have arrived in eSwatini\u00a0from the US.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Their arrival brings the total number of deportees sent to the southern African country to 29 under a $5.1-million agreement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The deal has been challenged by lawyers, who argue that the migrants are being detained despite having already completed sentences for offences committed in the\u00a0US.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Trump administration has also sent deportees to other countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas as part of the policy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/sabc-plus.com\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/zaf01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsabc-plus.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMalobolaBM%40sabc.co.za%7Cd2f4bc5a83cf4132d15608deddafa706%7C17694f0c19394195913e8542ec6bea22%7C0%7C0%7C639191943642257034%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fqHVi2ZO2ILY%2F3NbBRqgRLYZ4dbo9zFPgg2FtVnEU9Q%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-outlook-id=\"5b0848d7-880a-4fb1-9e0c-5bb86159e963\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBTAA7\" data-imagetype=\"External\" data-imageproxyendpoint=\"\/actions\/ei\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31954,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-39170","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Eleven more migrants deported by US have arrived in eSwatini","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39171,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39170\/revisions\/39171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}