{"id":6876,"date":"2025-12-02T16:38:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=6876"},"modified":"2025-12-02T16:38:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T16:38:04","slug":"eswatini-confirms-receiving-over-5m-from-us-to-accept-deportees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2025\/12\/02\/eswatini-confirms-receiving-over-5m-from-us-to-accept-deportees\/","title":{"rendered":"Eswatini confirms receiving over $5m from US to accept deportees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Link:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/nov\/17\/eswatini-5-m-dollars-us-deportees<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eswatini, a small southern African kingdom ruled by King Mswati III, has confirmed receiving $5.1 million (\u00a34 million) from the US under the Trump administration. The funds support a controversial deportation agreement allowing Eswatini to accept up to 160 non-Eswatini nationals as part of America’s hard-line immigration crackdown. Finance Minister Neal Rijkenberg revealed the payment in parliament, noting it was deposited into the National Disaster Management Agency’s account but remains unallocated. The deal aims to enhance Eswatini border security and migration management capabilities. To date, Eswatini has hosted 15 deportees\u2014five in July and ten in October\u2014from nations including Jamaica, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, and Yemen. One Jamaican has been repatriated, while efforts continue for the others. Government spokeswoman Thabile Mdluli emphasized ongoing repatriation processes. The arrangement has drawn sharp criticism from human rights groups like Human Rights Watch, who decry it as exploiting vulnerable nations. Lawyers and civil society in Eswatini have mounted legal challenges, which the government vows to contest. Neighbouring South Africa has voiced concerns about potential spillover effects, including increased border crossings into its territory. Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, is a landlocked monarchy bordered by South Africa and Mozambique, with a population of about 1.2 million. This pact underscores broader US efforts to outsource deportations amid domestic policy shifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event shows how anti immigration has had an impact on international relations. Many immigrants have no other choice when leaving, and by immigrating, they are hoping to start a new life for themselves. Complications occur, and this creates a problem of national security. Anti immigration efforts, such as ICE, are active organizations with the purpose of preventing illegal immigration. The U.S. has begun to send deportees to external countries in exchange for subsidization supporting the country\u2019s economic and infrastructural growth. In this case, Eswatini accepted felons which also happened to be illegal immigrants, but neighboring countries have also been reported to be accepting U.S. immigrants. All of these efforts directly affect how international cooperation occurs between countries. This exchange is a mutually beneficial relationship for each country. Although, this ideology has created a malicious prejudice towards immigrants, even those who did it legally. This rhetoric has spread to countries that are influenced by the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stakeholders of involved countries could discuss the issue of illegal immigration, and possible approaches to alleviate the problem. There could be more procedures implemented in order to properly distinguish between dangerous and harmless immigration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event is a real life example of how a cooperative relationship between two countries can help them both get what they want. Through this deal both countries were able to follow their national interest and this creates a peaceful relationship between the two countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Link: https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/nov\/17\/eswatini-5-m-dollars-us-deportees Eswatini, a small southern African kingdom ruled by King Mswati III, has confirmed receiving $5.1 million (\u00a34 million) from the US under the Trump administration. The funds support a controversial deportation agreement allowing Eswatini to accept up to 160 non-Eswatini nationals as part of America’s hard-line immigration crackdown. Finance Minister Neal Rijkenberg revealed the payment in parliament, noting… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6878,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6876\/revisions\/6878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}