The United States has started deporting immigrants it perceives as criminals to African countries. According to a report that appeared on the CNN, the deportees who are being sent to various African countries have been rejected by their own countries.
This week, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) received numerous foreign deportees who have been described by the U.S Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin, as ‘depraved ‘monsters’.
The five deportees were sent straight to jails in the tiny country after their deportation. These deportees were from Jamaica, Laos, Cuba, Yemen and Vietnam.
“This flight took individuals so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back,” said McLaughlin. “These depraved monsters have been terrorizing American communities but thanks to [President] Trump they are off of American soil.”
Earlier in July, the United States also sent eight men to South Sudan. These deportees were citizens of Vietnam, Laos, Cuba, Mexico, Myanmar, and South Sudan.
Rwanda has openly stated that it is in talks with the United States on a structure through which illegal immigrants in the U.S will be sent to Kigali. However, not all countries are accepting Trump’s proposal.
According to the report by the CNN, the government of the United States has made requests to Nigeria and South Africa. The two countries have reportedly rejected the requests to take in deportees.
Although the deportations to countries the deportees have not ties to have been widely criticized, the White House has maintained that these third-country deportations will be carried out for individuals whose home countries will not accept them.
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Reports that Nigeria and South Africa refused to take in deportees have raised questions on whether their refusals are behind the restricted visas and trade tariffs that they have been respectively hit with.
Last week, the U.S announced that Nigerian citizens who hold nonimmigrant visas will now be restricted to staying in the United States for a period not exceeding three months.
The 3-month single entries are a downgrade from the six month limit that is usually permitted for non-immigrant visas and non-diplomatic visas.
At the same time, President Trump has announced that he will subject imports from South Africa to a new 30 percent tariff from 1 August.
